today 30th april 2010 ... I am writing the observations that i had after conducting a series of experiments on my body..
My conclusions are as follows--
EXPERIMENT NO 1.
i MEASURED MY WALKING SPEED TO THE PRECISION OF DOUBLE DIGITS..
i WALKED A DISTANCE OF 10 FEET 4 INCHES WHICH WAS THE HORIZONTAL DIMENSION OF OUR BEDROOM AT THE SECOND FLOOR OF OUR HOUSE.IT ONLY HAD A BED BUT THE ROOM HAD ENOUGH EMPTY HORIZONTAL DISTANCE FOR ME TO COMPLETE A PERFECT WALK.I TOOK MY FATHERS PHONE AND SWITCHED THE TIMER ON AT GOT AN ALARM FOR 1 MINUTE.
FIRST TIME I STARTED TO WALK FAST LIKE WHEN I AM IN A HURRY OR IN FULL ENERGY..(THIS HAPPENS WHEN I AM LATE) BUT I DID NOT RUN.I WANTED TO CHECK OUT THAT WHILE MY FRIENDS OFTEN SAID THAT I WALK FAST ..WHAT EXACTLY WAS MY CURRENT FAST WALKING SPEED.YES IN CASE OF A LONG HALLWAY MAY BE I WOULD WALK EVEN FASTER BUT THEN I WANTED TO CHECK OUT THE SPEED AT WHICH USUALLY I WALK WHEN I AM IN HURRY.
I FOUND THAT I COMPLETED EXACT 24 ROUNDS WHEN THE ALARM STARTED TO SIGNAL END OF TIME.I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED WITH THE FIRST SOUND.
SO NET DISTANCE I COVERED WAS 24 x 10 FEET 4 INCH WHICH COMES TO BE 248 FEET EXACT.
NOW SINCE I COVERED 248 FEET IN 60 SECONDS.MY WALKING SPEED COMES OUT TO BE 248/60=4.13 FEET/SEC
NOW I REPEATED THE EXPERIMENT THIS TIME WITH MY SHORTEST STEPS AND USUAL GAIT LIKE WHEN I AM AT LEISURE AND JUST PUSH MYSELF ON.this time in one minute i covered 18 rounds .So the net distance i moved this time was approx 186 feet.
So my walking speed(slowest) comes out to be =186/60=3.10 feet/second
MY AVERAGE SPEED OBVIOUSLY IS THE MEAN OF THE WALKING SPEED OF FAST AND SLOW WHICH IS (3.1+4.1) FEET/SEC/2= 3.6 FEET/SEC
HENCE MY AVERAGE WALKING SPEED IS 3.6 FEET/SEC
My conclusions are as follows--
EXPERIMENT NO 1.
i MEASURED MY WALKING SPEED TO THE PRECISION OF DOUBLE DIGITS..
i WALKED A DISTANCE OF 10 FEET 4 INCHES WHICH WAS THE HORIZONTAL DIMENSION OF OUR BEDROOM AT THE SECOND FLOOR OF OUR HOUSE.IT ONLY HAD A BED BUT THE ROOM HAD ENOUGH EMPTY HORIZONTAL DISTANCE FOR ME TO COMPLETE A PERFECT WALK.I TOOK MY FATHERS PHONE AND SWITCHED THE TIMER ON AT GOT AN ALARM FOR 1 MINUTE.
FIRST TIME I STARTED TO WALK FAST LIKE WHEN I AM IN A HURRY OR IN FULL ENERGY..(THIS HAPPENS WHEN I AM LATE) BUT I DID NOT RUN.I WANTED TO CHECK OUT THAT WHILE MY FRIENDS OFTEN SAID THAT I WALK FAST ..WHAT EXACTLY WAS MY CURRENT FAST WALKING SPEED.YES IN CASE OF A LONG HALLWAY MAY BE I WOULD WALK EVEN FASTER BUT THEN I WANTED TO CHECK OUT THE SPEED AT WHICH USUALLY I WALK WHEN I AM IN HURRY.
I FOUND THAT I COMPLETED EXACT 24 ROUNDS WHEN THE ALARM STARTED TO SIGNAL END OF TIME.I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED WITH THE FIRST SOUND.
SO NET DISTANCE I COVERED WAS 24 x 10 FEET 4 INCH WHICH COMES TO BE 248 FEET EXACT.
NOW SINCE I COVERED 248 FEET IN 60 SECONDS.MY WALKING SPEED COMES OUT TO BE 248/60=4.13 FEET/SEC
NOW I REPEATED THE EXPERIMENT THIS TIME WITH MY SHORTEST STEPS AND USUAL GAIT LIKE WHEN I AM AT LEISURE AND JUST PUSH MYSELF ON.this time in one minute i covered 18 rounds .So the net distance i moved this time was approx 186 feet.
So my walking speed(slowest) comes out to be =186/60=3.10 feet/second
MY AVERAGE SPEED OBVIOUSLY IS THE MEAN OF THE WALKING SPEED OF FAST AND SLOW WHICH IS (3.1+4.1) FEET/SEC/2= 3.6 FEET/SEC
HENCE MY AVERAGE WALKING SPEED IS 3.6 FEET/SEC
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