Thursday, October 9, 2008

Balls and Ramps


In the picture on the left is a group mate of mine getting ready to release our ball to see if we could get it to roll 6 feet past the end of our ramp. As you can see our ramp has an incline at the start then it levels off before it hits our small ramp. Below is a picture of me and my other group mate measuring to see if our ball made the 6 foot mark. Unfortunately ours only went 5 feet 9 inches. We ended up tying for second place with another group. I think the carpet played a big role in how far our ball rolled. The carpet made it unpredictable to guess how far the ball would roll. One time it would roll right at 6 feet the next time if might roll 8 feet. It was very inconsistant. It was a good thing we got 2 rolls.

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