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Motion Lab

- Aidan Niles and Michael Acquistapace conducted an experiment to determine how fast an object is moving by measuring the distance it travels over a set time period. - They measured the distance a car traveled over 5 seconds for 5 trials, calculating its speed in meters/second using the equation speed=distance/time. - On average, the car traveled 1.81 meters in 5 seconds, or 0.362 meters/second. While the data had some variation, it supported the hypothesis that measuring distance over time determines an object's speed.

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Motion Lab

- Aidan Niles and Michael Acquistapace conducted an experiment to determine how fast an object is moving by measuring the distance it travels over a set time period. - They measured the distance a car traveled over 5 seconds for 5 trials, calculating its speed in meters/second using the equation speed=distance/time. - On average, the car traveled 1.81 meters in 5 seconds, or 0.362 meters/second. While the data had some variation, it supported the hypothesis that measuring distance over time determines an object's speed.

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Names:

Aidan Niles, Michael Acquistapace


Per: 1
Motion Lab

Problem:
How can you determine how fast an object is moving?
Hypothesis: I can determine how fast an object is moving by gauging the
amount of distance traveled within a certain time frame and using the
equation s=d/t, I can calculate the speed.




Materials: Car, Meter Stick, Timer





Procedure:

1.) Set timer to a time of 5 seconds.
2.) Set the car on fast speed for two attempts and low speed for three
attempts.
3.) Set car on set runway.
4.) Start the car and let it run for 5 seconds.
5.) Stop the car after 5 seconds and record the distance traveled.
6.) Record the results.
7.) Repeat for 5 tries.
8.) Record data.
9.) Caculate Speed





Data:

1) 1.56 meters in 5 seconds
2) 1.95 meters in 5 seconds
3) 1.80 meters in 5 seconds
4) 1.78 meters in 5 seconds
5) 1.98 meters in 5 seconds

Niles, Aidan

Friday, March 6, 2015 at 3:40:22 PM Pacific Standard Time

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Speeds:

1.) .312 m/s
2.) .390 m/s
3.) .360
4.) .356 m/s
5.) .396 m/s

Average Speed
1.81 meters per 5 seconds


Results:










Conclusion:

In this lab, we studied how to properly determine how fast an object is moving.
My hypothesis was that by measuring the amount of distance an object travels
within a certain timeframe, we would be able to gauge how fast an object is
moving. The data showed that on average, the car traveled 1.81 meters in 5
seconds, or .362 meters per second. The most distance the car covered in the
5 seconds was 1.98 meters while the smallest distance it traveled was 1.56
meters. However, this data has a range of .42 meters, which can be explained
because we may have had variations of where we started the car. In
conclusion, while the data may be slightly skewed, overall, my hypothesis
proved correct. However, this data was harder to graph, as I believe the
procedure could have been better. While we successfully calculated our speed,
it was also difficult to show on a graph.

Niles, Aidan

Friday, March 6, 2015 at 3:40:22 PM Pacific Standard Time

70:56:81:af:8d:61

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