Question

on a day with mild weather, sanjay flew a nylon kite for five minutes. he then removed the kite’s four-foot-long tail and flew the kite for five more minutes. sanjay repeated this with six similar nylon kites, alternating whether he started the kite with or without a tail. for each flight, he let out 50 feet of kite string. during each flight, his friend pam measured the kite’s stability by counting the number of times the kite made a large side-to-side movement. flying a kite identify the question that sanjay and pam’s experiment can best answer. are nylon kites more stable than plastic kites? are kites with four-foot-long tails more stable than kites without tails? can kites with four-foot-long tails stay in the air longer than kites without tails?

Explanation:

Sanjay's experiment involves testing kites with and without a four - foot - long tail (while keeping the kite material as nylon and other factors like string length consistent) to measure stability. The question "Are kites with four - foot - long tails more stable than kites without tails?" directly relates to the variable (tail presence/absence) he manipulated in his experiment. The other questions involve different variables (material of kite for the first, and flight duration for the third) that were not part of his experimental design here.

Answer:

Are kites with four - foot - long tails more stable than kites without tails?