The end of the meter stick with the deflated balloon should have risen into the air. ... The only way the balloon could have lost mass is if the air that was inside it has mass. With this experiment you have shown that air takes up space and has mass, so you have proven that air is matter.
<span>The initial velocity of the bike was 1.67 (vf)m/s. This is found by evaluating 7.5/4.5 which yields the velocity per unit of time which is equivalent to initial velocity.</span>