Graphing Practice #3
DO NOT PRINT ANY DOCUMENTS IN THE COMPLETION OF THIS ASSMT.
1. Make a table using the data below.
The following are speeds of a race car at 10 different positions in a drag race.
½ sec. from the start 5 mph
1 sec. from the start 7 mph
1.5 sec. from the start 12 mph
2 sec. from the start 22 mph
2.5sec. from the start 35 mph
3 sec. from the start 55 mph
4 sec. from the start 75 mph
5 sec. from the start 105 mph
6 sec. from the start 155 mph
7.5 sec. from the start 220 mph
2. Make an “x y scatter plot” graph of the data above.
(Be sure that your graph has all the essential components of a good graph.)
3. Type answers to the following questions at the bottom of your assignment in EXCEL.
a. What is the independent variable in the line graph?
b. What is the dependent variable in the line graph?
c. Using the print preview tool in the file menu, what is the difference between what is printed
when you are clicked on the graph and what is printed when you are clicked in the table?
d. Why would you adjust the values on the x or y axis?
e. As time passed, what happened to the speed of the car?
f. How do you add another line to the graph?
4. When you are finished, (You should have a table at the top, a line graph and then answers to the
questions typed at the bottom.) save the EXCEL document to your sever space and then save another
copy to the “fchstushare” server in the “_classDragNDrop” folder for grading. Make sure your name is
on the EXCEL document or in the file name.