Car Crash Analysis

 This lab was over a video of a mini cooper crash test. By using a program on the computer called Logger Pro, we were able to track the position, velocity, and acceleration of the dummy passenger in the car. With the data we collected we then used the program to create the graph shown above of the passengers position and velocity. The position is represented by the circles and the velocity is represented by the triangles. The portion of the graph that is gray is the position and velocity of the person before the graph because you can see the velocity line in at a constant rate, therefore the car has not yet made contact with the wall.

The graph below shows the passenger's position and velocity during the crash. To figure out the passengers velocity of the passenger,  you can either take the derivative of the equation (ax^2)+bx+c, or find the slope of the velocity graph. My group chose to take the derivative, and to find acceleration you have to take the derivative of the derivative. When we solved for the velocity, my group got a velocity of -.5617 m/s. And for acceleration we got 1.153 m/s^2.

When asked the question, "Would I ever own a mini?" I would answer with the question, "Who would?" Though Minis are surprisingly safe, there are only two people in the world who could ever pull off that car, Mini Me and Shelby Kling.  Most all people prefer a lager car that a Mini because quite simply, they are way to small. Even though they are safe, Minis are not enjoyable because they are so small pretty much anything besides a moped could crush them. So no, I would never own a Mini because A, I cannot pull it off. And B, I much prefer a normal sized car.

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