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G
ETTING
S
TARTED WITH
CBR
© 1997 T
EXAS
I
NSTRUMENTS
I
NCORPORATED
Activity 2—Toy car
linear
Data collection
➊
Position the car at least 0.5 meters (1.5 feet) from the
CBR
, facing away from the
CBR
in
a straight line.
Hints:
Aim the sensor directly at the car and make sure that there is nothing in the
clear zone
(see page 7).
➋
Before starting data collection,
answer question 1 on the activity sheet
.
➌
Run the
RANGER
program (see page 5 for keystrokes for each calculator).
➍
From the
MAIN MENU
choose
SETUP
à
SAMPLE
. For this activity, the settings should be:
REALTIME:
NO
TIME (S):
5 SECONDS
DISPLAY:
DISTANCE
BEGIN ON:
[ENTER]
SMOOTHING:
LIGHT
UNITS:
METERS
Instructions for changing a setting are on page 38.
➎
Choose
START NOW
.
➏
Press
›
when you are ready to begin. Start the car and quickly move out of the
clear
zone
. You can hear a clicking sound as the data is collected and the message
TRANSFERRING...
is displayed on the calculator.
➐
When the data collection is concluded, the calculator automatically displays a Distance-
Time plot of the collected data points.
➑
Compare the plot of the data results to your prediction in
answer 1
for similarities and
differences.