My experiment was to measure the float of a tongue depressor down a river.
The mins it took the tongue depressor to float from point A to B and the depth of the river on those days. The meter represnt how depth/wide that point of the river was on that day.
This is the raw data we go from the river:
April 4 2:52 mins 1.55meters
Apri 5 2:40 mins 1.63meters
April 6 2:06 mins 1.7meters
April 11 1:17 mins 1.86meters
April 12 :59 mins 1.82meters
April 13 1:10 mins 1.8meter
My instructor want me to measure flow of the river using my data and convert the above information into cubic meter per second. I'm then to take my data and graph it comparing between US geological data for this same river.
Can someone help me please?
To calculate the flow rate of the river using your data, you need to use the formula:
Flow Rate = Distance / Time
However, since we are converting the flow rate into cubic meters per second, we need to consider the width of the river as well. The formula becomes:
Flow Rate (in cubic meters per second) = (Width * Depth) / Time
Let's calculate the flow rate for each of your data points:
April 4: Flow Rate = (Width * Depth) / Time = (1.55 meters * 1.55 meters) / (2 minutes + 52 seconds converted to minutes) = 2.384 cubic meters per second
April 5: Flow Rate = (1.63 meters * 1.63 meters) / (2 minutes + 40 seconds converted to minutes) = 2.935 cubic meters per second
April 6: Flow Rate = (1.7 meters * 1.7 meters) / (2 minutes + 6 seconds converted to minutes) = 3.069 cubic meters per second
April 11: Flow Rate = (1.86 meters * 1.86 meters) / (1 minute + 17 seconds converted to minutes) = 2.946 cubic meters per second
April 12: Flow Rate = (1.82 meters * 1.82 meters) / (59 seconds converted to minutes) = 3.014 cubic meters per second
April 13: Flow Rate = (1.8 meters * 1.8 meters) / (1 minute + 10 seconds converted to minutes) = 2.742 cubic meters per second
Now that you have the flow rates for each data point, you can plot them on a graph comparing them with the US geological data for the same river.