This is an experiment to calculate how fast a moving walkway at Lambert actually moves.
First we need to measure the walkway from comb to comb. It meausures 279 ft. 10.5 inches, or 3,358.5 inches (279 * 12 + 10.5).
With a stopwatch we timed 11 trips down the moving walkway. To find the average, add all the times together and divide by 11 (the number of trips took). To find the median, -----------------.
The following graph shows information we gathered at Lambert airport.
TIME IN MIN & SEC TIME IN SECONDS VARIANCES (TIME - AVERAGE TIME)
2 17.780 137.780
-0.406
2 18.700 138.700
+0.514
2 18.400 138.400 +0.214
2 18.290 138.290 +0.104
2 18.150 138.150 -0.036
2 18.710 138.710 +0.524
2 17.435 137.435 -0.751
2 18.105 138.105 -0.081
2 18.340 138.340 +0.154
2 17.990 137.990 -0.196
2 18.150 138.150 -0.036
TOTAL 1,520.050 +0.004
Then the average time is 1,520.05”/11 = 138.186”
----- 2:18.71 + 2:14.4 = 273.11 sec. / 2 =136.555 sec (median)---------
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