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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Fling Machine Reflection



  1. 6.75 ft, 9 ft, 7 ft, 8.5 ft, 9.5 ft, 6.8 ft, 7.2 ft, 7.6 ft, 6.9 ft, 12.5 ft. Yes, the data is normally distributed around 8 feet. Mean: 8.175, Median: 8.15, sample standard deviation1.80912041243  60% of the cotton balls fall between the 6.00 ft - 8.00 ft range. 40% fall between 8.00 ft - 12.5 ft


  2. Yes, because in one attempt you can't get an accurate results because you need a wider range of trials to compare with more accuracy. 
  3. There could be more trials so that the performance of the device could be more realistic because when only giving the device one chance, there could be some malfunction that doesn't happen normally.  
  4. I would definitely add more elasticity to the rubber band, because the rubber band we were using 
  5. I would remove the corks at the bottom because they had no purpose other than to provide a more comfortable grip. 
  6. Me and Sachi worked very well together, we both had our own ideas but we were able to eliminate the ideas that seemed more risky or that might have had many aspects that could malfunction. 


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