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Chloe C. 2011-12
 * THE STUDY OF THE ELASTICITY OF GUM**

Abstract The purpose of these experiments was to find out how long different types of gum lasts, how far it stretches after being chewed and dipped in water, and how far girls and boys can spit their gum. The first popular brand of gum was made by Gordon Goudey in 1918. For one of the experiments a person stood on a piece of duct tape and spit the gum they were chewing. Than the place it touched the paper was recorded. All of the data that was gathered was usually very different from the rest because they were each made with different chemicals and ingredients.

Conclusion Super Bubble stretched the farthest in total (108 cm). Then it did the same in water for 1, 2, 3, and 4 minutes (98cm, 103cm, 142cm, and 118cm). Trident’s flavor lasted the longest and Maddie and Julian could spit the farthest. These experiments are important because it will help consumers know which is the scratchiest and lasts the longest or if girls can spit farther than boys. For the first experiment the hypothesis was correct because Super Bubble did stretch the farthest. Then for the second, the hypothesis was correct again because it was predicted that it would still stretch the most based on the information of the first. After, for the third, the hypothesis was correct because on the package of the Trident gum it says "Long Lasting Flavor". For the fourth the hypothesis was correct because Maddie did spit the farthest. Finally, for the fifth, my hypothesis was incorrect because it was predicted that Rory would spit the farthest. Some other possible science experiments would be seeing the size of the bubble or seeing how long the flavor lasts in water for different amounts of time.