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Experiment Aim: To see if the horizontal motion of a wooden block affects the time it takes the block to fall from the bench to the ground. Hypothesis: Time taken for the block to reach the ground is not affected by the horizontal motion. Method: A wooden block of length 10cm is launched with different speeds from a bench. The time during which the block blocked the light source is measured with a data logger. The distance between the point where the block first reaches the ground and the bench is measured using a ruler. Diagram: Measurements of the time during which the wooden block blocked the light source of the light gate and the corresponding distance between the landing point and the bench, d, are recorded in a table: time/ms distance/m 88.04 0.37 78.02 0.54 52.03 0.78 48.93 0.83 48.57 0.95 37.63 1.12 30.40 1.20 27.36 1.46 25.19 1.30 23.34 1.67 21.39 2.44 20.10 1.06 19.75 2.15 16.28 2.43 The launch speed is obtained by dividing the length of the wooden block by the time elapsed when the wooden block blocked the light source: For...

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