ChatGPT and Projectile Motion
ZapperZ (noreply@blogger.com)
In my previous post, I mentioned an exercise that I often give to my General Physics students that are learning about projectile motion. Using a PhET application, they found out that two different scenarios produced a projectile motion that has the same maximum height and same time of flight. I asked the students to figure out why.
I decided to post the same question to ChatGPT. The result was a bit of an eye-opener. I will show my question (in red) and its response below:
Why does a projectile.