Time Measurement, Units and Measuring Devices
 

Time Measurement, Units and Measuring Devices problem 18


A student collects water from a tap with a bowl. He uses a digital stopwatch to measure the time between when two drops of water hit the bowl. He repeats his measurements and the results are shown below.




  • Calculate the average time between two drops of water.

  • Using the result in (a) above, calculate how many drops leave the tap if the student collects drops of water for 6.2 minutes.


 

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