Buggy Lab

Pre Lab observations:
Stays in straight line
moves
noise
has
lights
flowers
wheels
red
forward only
keeps going
two seats
Objective: Find what's the relationship between position and time.

Procedure: Our plan is to time how long it takes for the buggy to travel in intervals of 50 centimeters ending at 300. we will use our phones as timers and a meter stick to measure the distance. for trial 2 we will add a 500 gram weight to the buggy and conduct the same experiment as trial 1.



Trial 1(No Weight)

Trial 1 No Weight (370 Grams)

Y-Variable (Position)	X-Variable (Time)
0 cm	0 seconds
50 cm	.67 seconds
100 cm	1.60 seconds
150 cm	2.55 seconds
200 cm	3.28 seconds
250 cm	3.95 seconds
300 cm	5.52 Seconds

VM: As the position increases, the time increases proportionally.

MM: position=(55cm/sec)time + 10.067cm

Slope: For every 1 second the position increases by 55.75 cm.

Y-intercept: When the time is zero seconds, the position 10.067cm. might want to round these

Trial 2(with a 500gram weight) 870g Total

Trial 2 Weight Added (570 Grams)

Y-Variable (Position)	X-Variable (Time)
0 cm	0 seconds
50 cm	.81 seconds
100 cm	1.78 seconds
150 cm	2.75 seconds
200 cm	4.10seconds
250 cm	5.96 seconds
300 cm	5.52 Seconds

VM: As the position increases, the time increases proportionaly

MM: Position=(50.094cm/sec)time + 6.9cm

Slope: For every one second, the buggy travels 50.094cm

Y-Intercept: when the time is 0 seconds, the position is 6.9cm

Claims/Evidence: The slope shows the velocity of the buggy. the y intercept showed where the buggy started. the buggy should have the same velocity because all of the buggys are similar.

Conclusion: I conclude that the buggy traveled at a constant speed. We saw that the slope of both our trial 1 and 2 were proportional because the trend line was linear. more evidence to support that the buggy is at a constant speed, is that we added weight to the buggy and the trend line was still linear. some errors in our lab could have been reaction time because our y intercepts were not 0. i liked this lab because we got to experiment with the buggies and see how fast they went. i also liked that we got to learn new terms like displacement and velocity. it was a god intro to physics for me.  good job!  Just use proper capitalization - it's a formal report. ;)