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Buttered - Bread and Blindfold Lab

The document describes two experiments: one testing whether buttered bread tends to land butter-side down when dropped, and one testing how straight blindfolded people can walk. The buttered bread experiment involves dropping buttered and unbuttered slices from various heights and recording which side lands down. The blindfolded walking experiment involves having blindfolded subjects walk 10 meters and measuring how far off course they end up. Both experiments aim to test hypotheses about probabilities and walking ability without sight. Control and independent variables are identified, along with materials and procedures. Results tables show outcomes of trials and angle calculations. Analyses apply theories on rotation and circular walking, with conclusions drawn about tendencies found.

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Buttered - Bread and Blindfold Lab

The document describes two experiments: one testing whether buttered bread tends to land butter-side down when dropped, and one testing how straight blindfolded people can walk. The buttered bread experiment involves dropping buttered and unbuttered slices from various heights and recording which side lands down. The blindfolded walking experiment involves having blindfolded subjects walk 10 meters and measuring how far off course they end up. Both experiments aim to test hypotheses about probabilities and walking ability without sight. Control and independent variables are identified, along with materials and procedures. Results tables show outcomes of trials and angle calculations. Analyses apply theories on rotation and circular walking, with conclusions drawn about tendencies found.

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Buttered - Bread Lab

Does it tend to face down on the side with butter?

VS
Objective
To prove that whether the bread face-up on the side with butter or
face-down on the side with butter which can be determined by
probability.
Hypothesis
If a person accidentally drops a slice of buttered bread, then buttered -
bread tend faced-down.

Control Variables
Size of the butter
Height of the bread before they dropped
Independent Variable
Whether there is butter on the bread or not

Dependent Variable
The side of the bread that faces down
Materials
Butter

3 slices of bread

Plastic mat

Fork

Gloves

Lab coat
Procedure
1. Prepare 3 pieces of bread and butter
2. Spread butter on one face of the bread (2 pieces of bread)
3. Put a mark on a side of a bread without butter
4. Hold a bread on one hand, and have another person hit the hand holding the bread
5. Record the result on which side of the bread (buttered/ no butter/ marked/ no
mark) faced down
6. Repeat the steps (4,5) for 10 trials for each bread * the height when holding the
bread should be the same for every trial.
7. Conclude the result (which side has faced down more)
Experiment
Results of buttered - bread 1
Trials Buttered face Buttered face
down up
1

10
Results of buttered - bread 2
Trials Buttered face down Buttered face up

10
Results of bread without butter but with sign
Trials Marked down Marked up

10
Analysis
According to the experiment, the buttered face of the one with butter faced
up more because of the point of rotation which depends on the angle of
the force exerted on the bread.
Conclusion
We can say that it show the probability of which side a bread tends to fall on more frequently.
Moreover, from the theory Period of Rotation, is the time that take for the bread to spin 360
degree, which the floor is an important factor that can interrupts the fall in the middle of the
toasts rotations and it can cause the toast to go from buttered bread faced up or to down.
We can say that the higher the point in which the bread has been dropped, the greater the
chance for it rotation and landed as buttered bread faced up.
Blindfold Lab
Objective
To measure how straight people can walk when they
are blindfolded.
Hypothesis
If the person is blindfolded, then this person may walk deviously
in a weird direction and may not reach the endpoint
successfully.

Control Variables
Each person gets 30 sec. to walk.
The distance from start to end is 10 meters
Independent Variables
Whether the person is blindfolded or not.

Dependent Variables
The angle that has been measured when people walk.
Materials
1 piece of cloth
Measuring tape
Duct tape
Stopwatch
Notebook
Procedures
1. Put some marks on the floor (10 meters away from each other) - straight
2. Choose three people to do the experiment
3. Blind the first person, and stand on a point marked
4. Start walking for 30 seconds, then stop
5. Measure the distance from the starting point to the point where the
person stops
6. Measure the distance from the line to the point that the person stops
walking.
7. Calculate the angle that was made according to the straight line
8. Repeat the steps for 2 more people
9. Conclude the result
Results
Subject 1 Subject 2 Subject 3

Distance from the starting


point to where the person stops
9.65 m 10.32 m 0m

Distance from where the


person stops to the point that
is perpendicularly intersect with
the straight line 7.70 m 3m 0m
2) sin(x) = 3/10.32
Calculation sin(x) = 0.3
X = 17.46

10.32 m

3m

2)
(3)
1)
3) x = 0

7.70 m
1) sin(x) = 7.70/9.65
sin(x) = 0.8 9.65 m
X = 53.13
Analysis
After doing the experiment, we tend to walk away from the reference line.
This can be described by the theory saying that people tend to walk in a
circular path if they are blinded. This also depends on the right-handed and
left-handed traits since people tend to have matching dominant side of
hand and leg.
Conclusion
After doing the experiment by walking the blinded people on the straight
line for 3 trials with different 3 people, the average angle is made with the
referencing line is 23.53 degrees.
According to the experiment, there might be some errors on
measurements and timing, therefore, the result might be inaccurate.

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