1/time? (1 Viewer)

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In a Bio prac we need to convert times to "1 over time". How do you do this? and what are the advantages of doing this? I would appreciate your help.

Thanks

 

[katie_tully]

I don't quite get the question. A little more info?

 

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http://img452.imageshack.us/my.php?image=001vy0.jpg

 

[dan.121212]

take the reciprocal

can be used to show an INVERSE relationship, that is something is Inversely proportional to something else

for eg

if resuls were:

Time Temperature 1/Time
1 100 1
2 50 (1/2)/0.5
3 33 (1/3)/0.33
4 25 (1/4)/0.25
5 20 (1/5)/0.2

there appears to be no direct relationship between time and temperature other than more time = less temperature - not at constant rate

however when u take the recipricol of time, u see tehre is an inverse relationship between time and temp, that is temperature is proportional to 1/time

i think that is what ur asking but since the only sciences i do are physics and chemistry, it may not necessarily wat ur askin...

but yeah 1/time means one divided by value of time

 

[katie_tully]

Oh.
I assume you are putting 1/time, where time is the minutes/seconds given in the middle column. S-1 would suggest the time has to be in seconds

Then you'll plot it with pH on the x axis and time on the y axis.

 

[misbahf]

It is beacuse when you graph it, it is much easier to read.
It will be a bell curve and there will be a peak at the best condition.
My teacher said that even if you don't obtain a result for a particular experiment. You can assume it can be zero.