Analysis of Data:
Through further analysis of the data, the hypothesis which was stated at first was supported. The hypothesis was, the concentration of the cranberry juice affected the osmosis of the chipped potatoes. During this experiment, the main aim was to explore what are the effects of different %’s of the concentration of cranberry juice on chipped potatoes and explaining this effect through osmosis terminology. The trend can be analysed, showing that as the (%) Concentration of cranberry juice increases the average % change in mass decreases. In the graph displayed above it can be shown that the net loss in the cell was due to osmosis. Therefore, meaning that it was a hypotonic solution, as there was a greater net movement of water into the cell. The results shown above evidently support the hypothesis stated.
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Whereas when the concentration is in the range of 40-100% there was a hypertonic solution which occurred meaning a great net movement of water out of the cell. It is evident to know which solution has occurred at what point in time of the experiment, as the average % change in mass data provides that proof. Another aspect in the results which provides conclusive and reliable information is the point where the line of best fit crosses the axis, which shows the approximate concentration of the solute. In the results table the coefficient of variation was calculated which showed the amount of the scatter of the results. The reason for the scatter in the results was due to different potato chips having different amounts of water and the drying process not being conducted consistently for all potato