Results for 1st Experiment and Findings

Candles started at 8.5 cm length

Every 3 minutes, i measured the height of the candle with a ruler.

This is in order of which candle burnt the fastest.

YELLOW

3mins: 7.2 cm

6mins: 6 cm

9mins: 4.9 cm

12mins: 3.7 cm

15mins: 3 cm

18mins: 1.8 cm

21mins: 0.7 cm

End time: 22 minutes and 18 seconds

RED

3mins: 7.6 cm

6mins: 6 cm

9mins: 5.6 cm

12mins: 4.2 cm

15mins: 3 cm

18mins: 2 cm

21mins: 1.1 cm

End time: 23 minutes and 52 seconds

BLUE

3mins: 7.8 cm

6mins: 6 cm

9mins: 5.5 cm

12mins: 5 cm

15mins: 4.5 cm

18mins: 3 cm

21mins: 2.1 cm

24mins: 0.6 cm

End time: 25 minutes and 47 seconds

PINK

3mins: 7.3 cm

6mins: 5.5 cm

9mins: 5 cm

12mins: 4.5 cm

15mins: 4 cm

18mins: 3 cm

21mins: 2.4 cm

24mins: 1.6 cm

27mins: 0.6 cm

End time: 29 minutes and 23 seconds

GREEN

3mins: 7.9 cm

6mins: 6.5 cm

9mins: 6.1 cm

12mins: 5 cm

15mins: 4.3 cm

18mins: 3.8 cm

21mins: 3.2 cm

24mins: 2.2 cm

27mins: 1.9 cm

30mins: 1.2 cm

33mins: 0.4 cm

End time: 33 minutes and 55 seconds

WHITE

3mins: 7.2 cm

6mins: 6 cm

9mins: 5.6 cm

12mins: 5 cm

15mins: 4 cm

18mins: 3.5 cm

21mins: 3 cm

24mins: 2 cm

27mins: 1.7 cm

30mins: 1 cm

33mins: 0.7 cm

End time: 35 minutes and 19 seconds

From this experiment, it was found that the Yellow Candle burnt the fastest. In my hypothesis, i predicted that the Red candle would have burnt the fastest, but as we have investigated, Red was the candle that actually came close to being the first one! I was very surprised at this discovery as i was adamant that Red would have burnt the fastest, but that's why we need to do another experiment to see the consistency of results. After the 12th minute, the Yellow candle was outstanding from the rest, it was clear that Yellow would be the one that would burn the fastest. However, at the 15th minute mark, Red came racing by which made it neck-to-neck with Yellow, both measuring at 5cm. Yellow then ended at a time of 22mins and 18secs, which declared that this was the colour that burnt the fastest out of the rest. The last candle standing was White measuring at the time of 35mins and 19secs. The difference between the slowest and fastest time length (35mins 19secs minus 22mins 18secs) is 13mins and 1 sec.