Kinematics Lab #1
Purpose: Find patterns that develop as a student walks down a hallway.
Procedure: A lab partner walks down a strip of hallway previously measured off into 10 block intervals. As they reach each marked off section take a recording of the time in seconds. Controlled variable is the 10 block intervals and the dependant variable is the time.
Observations:
|
Number of Tiles |
Time (s) |
| 10.0 | 3.0 |
| 20.0 | 6.0 |
| 30.0 | 8.0 |
| 40.0 | 10.0 |
| 50.0 | 12.0 |
| 60.0 | 14.0 |
| 70.0 | 17.0 |
| 80.0 | 19.0 |
| 90.0 | 21.0 |
| 100.0 | 24.0 |
Results: Based on observations there is a linear relation between the number of blocks walked and the time it takes to walk that distance. The equation of the linear relation is "time=0.225*blocks + 1". Mean Square Error was 0.105.
