A Spring-Loaded Gun Is Aimed Horizontally and Is Used to Launch

question 63

Multiple Choice

A spring-loaded gun is aimed horizontally and is used to launch identical balls with different initial speeds. The gun is at a fixed position above the floor. The balls are fired one at a time. If the speed of the second ball fired is twice the speed of the first ball fired, how is the horizontal range (denoted R in the figure) affected?

• A)The range for both balls will be the same.
• B)The range of the second ball will be half as much as that of the first ball.
• C)The range of the second ball will be twice as large as that of the first ball.
• D)The range of the second ball is about 1.4 times larger than that of the first ball.
• E)The range of the second ball will be smaller than that of the first ball by a factor of 1.4.

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