Question

thursday
perry built a homemade solar oven and conducted an experiment to investigate the effect of the outside temperature on the time required to melt a smore in the solar oven. he hypothesized that the warmer it was outside, the more quickly the smore would melt.

1. was perrys hypothesis correct? explain your answer

the effect of temperature on smore melting time
chart: x - axis temperature (°f) from 60 to 105, y - axis time required (minutes) from 0 to 70, data points show a decreasing trend as temperature increases

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Explanation:

To determine if Perry's hypothesis is correct, we analyze the graph titled "The Effect of Temperature on S'more Melting Time". The x - axis represents temperature (in °F) and the y - axis represents the time required to melt a s'more (in minutes). As we move from left to right on the x - axis (i.e., as the temperature increases), we observe that the values on the y - axis (melting time) decrease. This means that as the outside temperature gets warmer, the time it takes for the s'more to melt becomes shorter. Perry hypothesized that the warmer it was outside, the more quickly the s'more would melt (which is equivalent to saying that higher temperatures lead to shorter melting times). Since the graph shows a negative correlation between temperature and melting time (higher temperature → shorter melting time), his hypothesis is correct.

Answer:

Perry's hypothesis was correct. The graph "The Effect of Temperature on S'more Melting Time" shows that as the outside temperature (on the x - axis) increases, the time required to melt the s'more (on the y - axis) decreases. This means that warmer outside temperatures result in a quicker melting of the s'more, which matches Perry's hypothesis.