Bad Tomatoes Investigation

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BAD TOMATOES

In my experiment, I will investigate how the tomatoes turn bad and try to figure out a constant rule, for the time taken for boxes of tomatoes to go bad.

Part 1

Here is the tray of 16 tomatoes;

Next I am going to investigate with other sized boxes. E.g. 3*3

This box measures 2*2

This box measures 3*3

This box measures 5*5

This tray measures 6*6

My results have shown me that as the size of a tray of tomatoes increases, the time taken for a tray of tomatoes to turn bad also increases. I have also found that whatever a tray size may be, the maximum amount of tomatoes to turn bad in that particular tray, will always be the same as the size of the tray. Eg. A tray measuring 5*5 will have a maximum of 5 tomatoes, which turn bad.

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I have also found a formula, which tells me the time taken for all of the tomatoes to turn bad in any tray. However the rule will not work for trays below 4cm². The formula is 2n-3 in which the n stands for the size of a particular tray, eg. 5cm². The formula tells me the time taken for a whole tray to turn bad. I will prove this by using a tray, sized 10cm² as it is a tray, which I have not used and is not in keeping with the regular patern.

Using my formula to calculate the ...

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