Results

Results of the experiment are represented in a table below. The average was calculated for the 4 cockroaches in each tank. The two brands of insecticides used are Mortein and Baygon.

Order of cockroach’s Death

Time taken for cockroach to die after being sprayed (min)

Mortein

Baygon

1

9.45

2.57

2

10.20

2.76

3

10.23

3.49

4

10.32

3.30

Mean

10.05

3.03

Table 1 : Time taken for cockroaches to be killed by Mortein and Baygon

In Table 1, it can be seen that the cockroaches sprayed with Baygon die faster than those sprayed with Mortein. Difference in time taken for the cockroaches to be killed, between Tank A and Tank B is 7.02 min.


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