Results and Conclusion (Part 3)

And...welcome back to the discussion of results for our Group 4 Project!

This time, we'll be talking about the two investigations that had a LOT of counting. Because two different posts containing different sorts of counting seems just a bit too much.

Alright, let's get this started! (looks at Chemistry results)

O_o the formulas...

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ANYWAYS, after manipulating the formulas, the minimum mass of glucose required for sprinting in 10 seconds is calculated.

1.    n = Q/ΔH = (4.89*10(-3))/2807.98 = 1.74*10(-6)

      2.    Mr = C6H12O6 = (6*12) + (12*1) + (16*6)
What can we conclude from this?
  
Well, it does show the amount of glucose needed to be burned as really, REALLY small. However, there are limitations to this study. This is an APPROXIMATE value, so athletes (heck, maybe even us) might have to consume far more glucose compared to this amount. Especially athletes, especially considering the fact that while it DOES take around 10 seconds to finish a 100 m sprint, the results uses "average human" data. Oh, and how much glucose is needed for an average person to sprint 100 m?

3.132*10^-4g 
 
 That's...not too much now, huh?

ALRIGHT! Finally, Physics.

(looks at calculations for uncertainty) X_X maybe don't put it in.

First of all, here's a graph for my results from the earlier post!

I know it's not the best, but please bear with it.

What DOES this show about the relationship of speed and height of runner? Well, from the graph, we can see a positive correlation between the height of a runner and the sprinting speed of the runner. However, as the difference in average height of the runner gets smaller, we can see that the change in speed gets higher...which would suggest that maybe height doesn't affect speed THAT much.

Conclusion time!

Height plays a smaller role than we would hope for in the sprinting speed of runners. While at shorter heights, it would play a larger role (0.1 m/s difference in speed for sprinting is a LOT), the taller a runner gets, the less likely it was height that affected the sprinting speed. Other factors need to be taken into account, such as the runner's diet, training, whether he used steroids, and his health.

Formula for speed, by the way, is:
v = m/s

But I think you guys knew that...right?

AND...that's it for conclusions, I guess. Thanks for reading up to this point!