An Experiment

Posted on May 27, 2008 in Blog by barry 6 Comments

My house lies at the side of a curved shaped road. I usually take route A to get from the station to my house on foot but I thought that due to the width of the road and the long curve would it actually be shorter and therefore quicker to cross the road and take route B to my house. The only way I can find out for sure is to put it to rigorous scientific testing.

Aim: To see which of two routes is quicker to my house from the train station.

Method: I shall walk both routes counting the number of footsteps and timing the journey using the second hand on my wristwatch.

Results: My normal route A is 423 steps and took 4 minutes and 7 seconds to complete whereas route B took 391 steps and took 3 minutes and 48 seconds to complete.

Conclusion: The results of my experiment proved two things:

Route B is shorter and quicker, therefore route B is now how I will walk from my house to the station. If I have to wait a total of 19 seconds for cars before crossing the road though, then I may as well have taken the old route.
I truly am a geek.

Comments (6)

Geoff May 27 2008 - 1:33 pm

That illustration is great!
Eoin May 27 2008 - 1:39 pm

But being a geek is FUN!!!!!!!!!
Bailey May 29 2008 - 2:45 am

Hey! i’ve done that before. i measured two different paths from my house to town.
Discordia May 30 2008 - 3:04 pm

Geek wasn’t the frist word that sprang to mind…

And have you tried getting to the end of the world? Is it like in Eric the Viking?
Michelle Aug 9 2008 - 6:08 pm

I’ve done that before…that makes another geek. But it’s okay, we’re cute geeks.
Rhiannon Apr 12 2009 - 6:55 pm

I’ve done that before – mainly to do with trips to stations and to uni! It’s fun! I love being geeky