PHYSICS

PERFORMANCE TASK #1: TAKE HOME INVESTIGATION ON MEASUREMENT

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. TRY OUT AT LEAST 2 WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE YOUR BODY MASS ON THE SAME
DAY.
2. TAKE NOTE OF THE VARIATIONS IN THESE INSTRUMENTS BY COMPUTING THE PERCENT
DIFFERENCE OF YOUR MEASUREMENTS.
3. DO 5 TRIALS ON EACH INSTRUMENT. SOLVE FOR THE MEAN, VARIANCE, AND STANDARD
DEVIATION.
  𝑿 𝟏= FIRST SCALE
  𝑿 𝟐= SECOND SCALE
t = TRIALS

t
1 55 54
2 55.5 54.5
3 55 54.5
4 55 54
5 55.5 54.5
COMPUTATION
 MEAN
 −  −  X2
_____
  𝑋  ¿1X
____ 1   𝑋   ¿
2
n
n
____________________
= 55+55.5+55+55+55.5 = ___________________
54+54.5+54.5+54+54.5
5 5
 
𝑋 −  −
    ¿155.2 kg   𝑋 =2
54.3 kg
VARIANCE
  −
 𝜎 21   = ﹙
2
    －﹚
2 2 2 2 2
 𝜎 21 = (55-55.2)+(55.5-55.2)+(55-55.2)+(55-55.2)+(55.5-55.2)
______________________________________________
5
 𝜎 21 = 0.06 kg
VARIANCE
 𝜎 22   = ﹙
     −
－﹚
2

2 2 2 2 2
2
 𝜎 2
=______________________________________________
(54-54.3)+(54.5-54.3)+(54.5-54.3)+(54-54.3)+(54.5-54.3)
5

 𝜎 22 = 0.06 kg
STANDARD DEVIATION
 
𝜎 1
  =  𝑋   −
𝑖－
2  
𝜎 2   =  𝑋   −
𝑖－
2

 
𝜎1   =  
𝜎2   =

 
𝜎1 = 0.244948974 kg  
𝜎2 = 0.244948974 kg
RANGE
INSTRUMENT #1: INSTRUMENT #2:

   +¿
55.2 −0.244    +¿
54.3− 0.244
55.444kg 55.2kg 54.544kg 54.3kg
PERCENT DIFFERENCE
 
∑ 𝑋1
______ ∑ 𝑋= 54.3 kg
 
______2
= 55.2 kg
n n
PERCENT DIFFERENCE:

I_________
  I =__________
55.2-54.3
X 100% X 100%
 ________ 55.2+54.3
__________
2 2
=__________
0.9 X 100%
109.5
__________
2
= 4.11%
DOCUMENTATION
CHRISTIAN P. BENEDICTO
STEM 12-A