1) The following materials were obtained: a metal ramp, a two marbles, a tilt stand, a C-clamp, masking tape, piece of carbon paper, piece of blank paper, and a meter stick.

2) The ramp was clamped to a counter with a C-clamp.(all the counters were the same height)

3) The tilt stand was pushed way to side, slightly to the side, or not moved depending on the direction assigned to you.

4) The incident marble was dropped without the target marble. The drop point was marked.

5) The incident marble was dropped w

In Data Table 1 we see the no collision, target, and incident distances, and the direction of the base. The direction of the base did not affect the no collision distance; the distance traveled was always around 44 cm, but that is the only thing it didn’t affect. The target distance generally decreased by 10 cm, as the direction changed from head-on, way to side, medium to side, and slightly to side. The incident distance x however does the exact opposite, it decreases as the direction changes from head on, to way to side, to medium to side and slightly to side. As the target distance x goes down, incident distance goes up, and they pretty much even themselves out, just like how a rocket’s momentum evens itself out when its thrusters are on. The target and incident y distances had no general trends or patterns.

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Data Table, Materials Methods, Group# Direction, Momentum Lab, Range Dr, Graph#1 Err, medium slightly, incident distance, distance cm, target distance, direction base, momentum conserved, incident marble, data table, marble dropped, target marble, incident marble dropped, target marble drop, graphs momentum conserved, dropped target marble, marble drop marked,