ANALYSIS OF OUR (MARC, DAN, AND BILL'S) MOUSETRAP POWERED VEHICLE POWERED BY A SINGLE LONE MOUSETRAP
	
	Our mousetrap powered vehicle, that is, the mousetrap powered vehicle of Marc, 
Dan, and Bill, was constructed using a mousetrap and a mousetrapless (apparently this 
is a word, now) mousetrap powered vehicle constructed from the pieces of an erector set.  
The mousetrap powered vehicle was then powered by Kensington the whale, who was 
manufactured by a manufacturing factory in London, England in 1977.  Kensington is a 
world-renowned mousetrap powered vehicle operator.  
	For our (Marc, Dan, and Bill's) mousetrap powered vehicle, the mousetrap powered 
vehicle powering mousetrap was mounted to the top of the midsection of the mousetrap 
powered vehicle.  The arm of the mousetrap powered vehicle powering mousetrap was extended 
to a length of quite possibly, but very certainly, 14.5 centimeters (.145 meters) in length.  
Mounted to the end of the mousetrap powered vehicle powering mousetrap was Kensington, 
the mousetrap powered vehicle operator, who in turn pulled a string that was attached to 
the rear section of him (by "him" I mean Kensington the mousetrap powered vehicle operator).  
This is depicted in picture one, which depicts the mousetrap powered vehicle powering 
mousetrap arm in action.  
	The string, which is pulled by Kensington the mousetrap powered vehicle operator, 
then turns an axle in the mousetrap powered vehicle transmission.  The string achieves this 
by starting off wrapped around the axle of the mousetrap powered vehicle as it (the string) 
unravels.  The string is pulled by Kensington the mousetrap powered vehicle operator, who 
is pulled by the mousetrap powered vehicle powering mousetrap arm that moves using the 
potential energy stored in the spring of the mousetrap powered vehicle powering mousetrap 
which is located at the bottom of the mousetrap powered vehicle powering mousetrap arm, 
atop which sits Kensington the mousetrap powered vehicle operator.  This is depicted in 
picture two, which depicts the situation described above.
	The axle then, in turn, after being turned by the string, which is pulled by 
Kensington our mousetrap powered vehicle operator (by "our" I mean Marc, Dan, and Bill's), 
turns a large mousetrap powered vehicle gear, which causes a smaller mousetrap powered 
vehicle gear to turn.  The smaller mousetrap powered vehicle gear turns the rear mousetrap 
powered vehicle axle, which, in turn, after being turned by the large mousetrap powered 
vehicle axle, turns the rear mousetrap powered vehicle wheels, located not in the front of 
the mousetrap powered vehicle, but rather in the back (the rear).  This is depicted in 
picture number three, which depicts the actions of the statement previous to this sentence.
	The mousetrap powered vehicle powering system propelled the mousetrap powered 
vehicle approximately 5.9 meters before coming to a stop using our (Marc, Dan, and Bill's) 
elaborate mousetrap powered vehicle braking system, which works by invoking the laws of 
mousetrap powered vehicle physics as taught by Mr. Jeff Hackborn, a local physics teacher 
(instructor) who teaches at Grand Ledge High School located in Grand Ledge, Michigan, just 
west of Lansing, Michigan (you).
	Braking was caused by friction between the wheels and the floor.
	


	To find the potential energy of the mousetrap powered vehicle powering mousetrap spring, 
we found the length of the mousetrap powered vehicle powering mousetrap arm (which 
constitutes the radius of the semicircle caused by the movement of the mousetrap powered 
vehicle powering mousetrap arm) and the force that the mousetrap powered vehicle powering 
mousetrap spring exerted on the mousetrap powered vehicle powering mousetrap arm.  We then 
used the equation PE = DKE,  DKE = W, and W = Fd.  After a series of mind-numbing 
substitutions we found that PE = Fd.  

d = ½ x 2 x    x r =    x .145 = .46 m
F = 2.5 N
PE = .46 x 2.5 = 1.15 Joules

The Kinetic energy used by the mousetrap powered vehicle is equal to the potential energy 
that was stored in the mousetrap powered vehicle powering mousetrap spring initially.  

KE = PE = 1.15 Joules

The kinetic energy of the mousetrap powered vehicle was converted to other forms of energy 
such as sound and friction energy.