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A simpler experiment is to accelerate a ball down a curved ramp, measure the horizontal exit velocity with two switches and predict the landing position as shown below.
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A simpler experiment is to accelerate a ball down a curved ramp, measure the horizontal exit velocity with two switches and predict the landing position as shown below. The ramp is preferably curved so that the ball is not bouncing when it hits the switches.
    
[[File:Falling ball.jpg]]  [[File:Parabola fall.JPG|250px]]
 
[[File:Falling ball.jpg]]  [[File:Parabola fall.JPG|250px]]
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