Bows have been used for warfare, hunting and sport for hundreds of years. Those used in the Olympics are extremely sophisticated machines, but still rely on the energy stored in an elastic material when it is extended or compressed.
This question considers a number of aspects of the physics of archery and includes a ‘level of response’ section in part (c). It is taken from OCR Physics B Paper H157/02, June 2016, and is reproduced by kind permission of OCR. The answers that follow are the responsibility of PHYSICS REVIEW and have neither been provided nor approved by OCR.
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