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  2. 1)The purpose of this lab was to record the position of a puck as it moved across a frictionless environment while a spark plug created a burn in the paper every 0.050 second; the purpose of this lab was achieved, as the position of the puck was recorded for up to 15 intervals (from 0 to 0.7 seconds).
  3. 2)In this experiment, we recorded the position of the puck at every 0.050 seconds. This was recorded as D, while the distance between each point was recorded as ΔD. Likewise, T was the recorded time of each position, while ΔT represents the amount of time between positions. In this experiment, ΔT remained constant, since the spark plug created a spark directly under the puck every 0.050 seconds.
  4. 3)The relationship between the time passed and the distance moved by the puck creates a line when plotted on a position vs time graph. This is because the change in time between recorded points (the independent variable in this graph) is constant, while the change in position between recorded points is relatively stable. Thus, the distances between points cause a linear correlation.
  5. 4)The velocity of the puck as it moved along the paper remained relatively constant. This is because the equation for velocity is Vavg= ΔD/ΔT. Since the change in time (ΔT) was constant throughout the experiment and the change in position (ΔD) varied very little, one may conclude that the velocity (the value Vavg) remained relatively constant.
  6. 5) error statement (tba)
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