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Projectile motion survey - AP Physics 1
The following survey is for ONLY THE FIRST QUESTION of Part B of the test.
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- Did you make the initial vertical velocity equal to zero?
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- Did you make your vertical acceleration negative?
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- Did you make your horizontal velocity something other than zero?
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- Did you make the horizontal acceleration zero?
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- Did you list all of your givens?
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- Did all of your givens have units?
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- Did all of your givens have the correct signs (e.g. if it was negative, listing it with a minus sign)?
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- Were the givens that you listed correctly identified? (e.g. the given that you listed with "v" was actually a velocity, etc.)
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- Did you choose the correct formula for finding the time? (e.g. either use the x= equation in the y-direction or alternatively, use the v^2 equation in the y-direction to calculate v_y and then use the v= equation in the y-direction to calculate the time)
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- Did you use the correct formula for finding the horizontal distance? (i.e. the x= equation; answer "yes" to this even if you used it incorrectly--if you plugged in wrong numbers or didn't set a = 0, you probably already answered "no" for a different, more specific question)
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- Did you show all formulas with variables only? (i.e. did you first write the formula before plugging numbers into it?)
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- Did you plug numbers and units into your formulas?
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- Did you get the correct number for the time? (If it says, "OK", then answer "yes"--this means that it was either correct with a slight mistake on significant figures, or that you would have obtained the correct result if the numbers that you plugged in were correct.)
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- Did you obtain the correct number for your horizontal distance? (If it says, "OK", then answer "yes"--this means that it was either correct with a slight mistake on significant figures, or that you would have obtained the correct result if the time and horizontal velocity were correct.)
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- Did you put units on your answer for time?
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- Did you put units on your answer for horizontal distance?
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