Walking vs. Running in the Rain 

Independent Variable: is the difference between the control and experiment groups of an experiment. The independent variable is the variable changed by the scientist to test the experiment’s hypothesis. Dependent Variable: is the thing being measured during an experiment, also called data. :)

Running in the rain---->can slip and fall in a puddle and even more wet

This show was the shit . You don't find shows like this anymore, that are fun, entertaining and high production.

There is an exception , it it’s just starting to rain lightly and its about to rain Harder LoL

pov your doing this during online school science class

Online school? anyone

Not only did they revisit this with opposite results, but Minute Physics also did the mathematical work to show it’s usually better to run in the rain

i remember watching on TV they redid this. Since it was artificial rain, it skewed the results. They retested the myth when it started raining for real at the facility and found it's better to run.

Controlled variables: what stays the same Independent variable (manipulated): what is changed Dependant variable (responding): what is measured

POV: your here for science class

there is also the fact that normally there is wind if the wind is facing towards you, you will get water on the front in both scenarios and if it going towards your back then you will get a lot wetter walking because the back doesn't get as wet when you run there is also a difference in how heavy you take steps because of water puddles, if you stomp then you will get a lot more water on your ankles than if you walk

Lesson learned: Bring an umbrella

I'm here for school

Ya deffently i am in class

So.... we ain’t gon talk about how they have a crucified grandma in the background?

The dead man in the beginning

Guys if there's wind blowing water on your front, you will get more wet while walking, it will hit the same spots(only while running you can evade some of the drops that would otherwise land on your head or shoulders.) It will be a matter of how much time are you "under the weather".

My teacher assigned me it and I’m now just doing it after a week later

Umbrella...

Confirm. Speeding under the rain will make you soaking compare to driving casually

Unfortunately, this is one where their methodology is flawed. The short answer is that the results would be reversed if their cotton jumpsuits had included a hood. The correct conclusion is that you should run if you are just as concerned with water that hits your head, as with water that hits you in the front. But you should walk it you have a waterproof hat, preferably a sombrero that covers your shoulders. This is easy to see, if you imagine that they were walking at a very slow pace where it takes 18 minutes, instead of 18 seconds, to traverse the course. The ideal test case would be a sphere floating through the rain. The amount of water that hits is has two easily calculated components: (1) the volume of the “tunnel” the sphere passes through times the density of the rainfall, plus (2) the cross sectional area of the sphere times the rainfall rate (per unit area), times the time it takes to go through the curtain. The only parameter that changes in this calculation is the time, so running helps. But we don’t have an ideal case. In the walking case, the cross section *of* *cotton* *jumpsuit* was essentially zero, eliminating the second component. When running into the rain, it becomes essentially the area of the front of the body.

thank you so much for providing me with such key info!!!!

Am I the only one who thinks the extra weight from running potentially came from the splashes they are causing? I’d be interested to see where in fact that extra weight was absorbed.

If I'm trying to get back to my house, I don't care if I get a bit wetter, as I'm going to take my clothes off, anyway. It's the amount of _time_ spent in the rain that will be the issue, rather than the wetness of the clothes.

I was the one who suggested thus myth on their website. I'm from Costa Rica and it's very rainy there so I always wondered. Specially when it's pouring

They’re also running slow

I still think about this one

Someone know the reference of sport shoe that they have used in this episode?

The idea of the myth isn't that you get less wet running, it's that you have to spend less time in the rain running.

it is the rate of the precipitation which has not been varied. a modest rainfall - I walk, heavy and I run

They left out the factor of rain falling at an angle. If you are running into the rain, you will catch about the same amount as you would if the rain was going straight down. You move into it in both scenarios. But if you are walking into the rain OR walking away from the rain, your front or back side will get covered much more than running. I walk through rain all the time and their is a significant difference of how wet I get depending on if it's angled or not.

season 1 oh boy

Def better to walk when you factor in that you can walk with an umbrella lmao

This is the OG myth

Possible testing errors: -no hood -"rain" not at terminal velocity? -"rain droplets" wrong size? Last 2 factors could be relevant because the faster you run, the greater the pressure wave in front of you (big bugs get squished on windshields, but butterflies "surf" over windshields at modest speeds).

Really! I should test this.

If you run you might slip and then your not only more wet but in pain

Regardless of resulets.. I'd prefer to be inside shelter quicker (which is most likely dry and warm) than prolong being outside walking... still getting wet and cold

Lo importante es evitar la lluvia en la ropa, y esto se logra corriendo en el sentido del ángulo de caída de la lluvia, pero eso no siempre es posible porque no hay un refugio en esa direccion

Relative speed matters here. Imagine an extreme scenario where you can run 100 m in 10 seconds, and another where you walk that distance in 10 hours, both with constant rainfall. Which one will leave you wetter?

This I learned as an experience while riding bike in rain... The rain seems to be more if going fast and it falls less when on a low speed

He actually ate that model walk through the rain tho 👀

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im here for cer

What if the rain is blowing from behind? I would imagine you get less wet running? Loved this show.

umm... in the beggening, y is the man hanging in the backround?! is he ok?!

I never understood this question, the answer is so clearly obvious to me

Yes

timhawkins

If I walk slow enough, I should stay completely dry.

its sad that these guys hate each other

You generate much more splash up running vs walking

This would only be true if the rain was falling straight down. If it were blowing at you, for instance, you would get wet along the front just as if running.

yup

Doing this for chemistry

Assume in both the case of Fred walking or running the distance is the same and the rate of which the rain falls is the same in both cases. Then running gets less rain on Fred. Assume the distant is infinite. Then how far can Fred run? Of course he can't run infinite, maybe he can. Assume the distant is finite but less than the total distance Fred can run. Fred can always walk, but if he can run, then he should. So Fred should always run in the rain.

Omg yesss I'm in online school rn

I guess they have never had Windy rain

I can remember this problem in the last year of my primary school or the first year of the secondary school in 1901 or 1981. I forgot the exact solution. The only thoing I can remember was that it involved a second degree equation and there was an optimum speed. Shame that such problems are no more in the schools.

LOL whos the dead guy in the back

control variable-weight of the suit worn

or only move in the same direction as the wind, at the same speed?

online school? *yes*

Did they factor in the surface area?

still air if you are running with the wind at your back at wind speed you would do best.

3:12 what the hell is that mannequin 😭😭😭

yoo micheal

I went into the rain and walked with half my body, and ran the other half. The running half had 187 drops on it, the walking half had 234.

The length walked should also be a variable

i drive a convertible car (almost always with the top down) ive noticed if it rains and i am going over 30mph or so my head stays almost totally dry. ive done it many many times... if i drive too slow i get wet. kinda freaky, but it works.

Rain falls at about 14mph; you can sprint at about 18mph. Invtan14/18 = 38 degrees. Best is to run at 18mph on a slant, up 38 degrees from the ground

i’m doing this for school and it’s annoying check

Is no one gonna talk about the zombie in the beginning

What about armswing?

Did they use the same cotton suit for both running and waking if so the water for the walk test might still be on there for the run test

this was really bad. most of the water would fall on your head while waling and that was not taken into account

00:59 , 03:14 yo that thing in the back is just scary/creepy :/

I don't think so... someone walking at the speed of a snail vs someone running at the speed of light is dryer?

Or use an umbrella.

*wHO ELSE CAME FROM onLINE SCHOol HAHAHAHahah*

If raindrops were ping pong balls the same amount would hit your front but more would hit your head, walking vs running.

BASED ON MY ANECDOTE.. NOT REGARDING HOW WET BUT YOU WOULD WANT TO RUN OUT OF THE COLD SOONER !!!

3:14😂🤣

Why dont you cover someone in ph strips and have them run one time and walk another to see who gets more acidic

Cool episode, tho they didnt have hats to catch the rain so the results arent accurate

They did not answer the question. They only tested one set of variables.

Say whaaaaaaat

0:45 what is that in the back

Minute Physics came to the opposite, and obvious, conclusion.

what if you walk at half a mile per hour

0:43 is the guy in back ok?

You usually have way farther to go in the rain than that. If it’s a 10 minute walk, you would be done exponentially faster running, and you would definitely be less wet. This experiment only applies if you’re like walking to your car

Anyone else see the dead body at 0:42 ?

Im watching this because school

This makes no sense but great show!

are we just gonna ignore the dead body in the background

How is it wierd? If you run, you have more rain drops on you

Maybe run a little faster

Anyone else wondering about the dead body

Anyone doing this for homework?!