Physics- Watermelon Data

Raw Data

Watermelon 1 Watermelon 2 Watermelon 3

Weight (kg) 3.4473 3.53802 3.35658
Start Circumference 61 59 58
(cm)

Number of Rubber Circumference of Circumference of Circumference of

Bands around Watermelon 1 Watermelon 2 Watermelon 3
Watermelon
100 64 64 63
150 65 64 64
200 66 65 65
250 67 67 65
300 67 66 66
350 65 66 64
400 65 65 64
450 64 64 63
500 63 63 64
550 64 61 61
600 62 N/A N/A
Exploded at 647 Exploded at 582 Exploded at 600
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Processed Data

Number of Rubber Bands Needed to Burst Watermelon

700
1
600 2 3
500
400
Number of Rubber Bands 300 647 600
582
200
100
0
1 2 3

Watermelon #
Circumference of Watermelons with Addition of Rubber Bands (+/- 0.5 cm)
68

66

64
Circumference in cm
62

60

58
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

Number of Rubber Bands/ Checkpoints

The uncertainties limit the precision of my results as it can only be accurate up to 0.5 of a

centimeter.

Watermleon 1 Watermelon 2 Watermelon 3

Mean cirumference 64.72727 64.5 63.9

Standard Deviation 1.55505 1.715938 1.37032