The measurement of the variation of the velocity of an arrowV0with the bending of the bowΔhusing either a ballistic pendulum or the free-fall phenomenon provided in both cases coinciding linear dependences. These results create the possibility for the utilization of the bow, arrow, and ballistic pendulum for the demonstration and practical exercises of several important physical phenomena. In this paper greatest attention is paid to the demonstration of the momentum conservation principle.

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