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The Mathematics of Highway Design
In this resource students are to play the role of a graduate engineer working to build a two mile by-pass around a small rural village for a major contractor.
The task is to determine the alignment of the new road using information provided by the company that designed it. To do this learners will need to establish the position of the road centre-line and locate marker pegs at set intervals in the open fields around the village where the road will eventually be built. To complete the task students have to calculate the geometric coordinates of these pegs along the curve of the new road.
The detailed resource notes include introductory materials, background theory, questions and information for teachers.
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