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Science Bowl Question

📅 MIT Science Bowl 2024🎓 HS🔄 Round 14#️⃣ Question 1 TOSS UP📝 Multiple Choice

A sprinkler on a flat plane can release water at a constant velocity at any angle from 0 to 90 degrees from the horizontal. As the sprinkler's launch angle is varied, the vertical position of the apex of the resulting stream of water is recorded. What shape is traced out by graphing these vertical apexes against the sine of the launch angle?

W) Line
X) Circle
Y) Parabola
Z) Cycloid
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