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Tariq models an asteroid hitting a planet by firing a steel ball into a tray of flour at different speeds and measuring the diameter of each crater. His results: 2 m/s, 3.7 cm; 3 m/s, 4.3 cm; 4 m/s, 4.7 cm; 5 m/s, 5.2 cm; 6 m/s, 5.5 cm; 7 m/s, 6.1 cm; 8 m/s, 6.4 cm.
Complete the sentence to describe the pattern in Tariq's results. As the speed of the ball .........., the diameter of the crater .......... . Write your two answers in order, separated by a comma.
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Modelled on Cambridge Checkpoint 0893 · October 2025 · Paper 1 · Q12(c)