Media Clips: Mosquitoes; Pythagorean Baseball
Students analyze items from the media to answer mathematical questions related to the article. This month's clips examine why raindrops do not crush mosquitoes and feature an application of the Pythagorean theorem to baseball. The mathematics involved includes dimensional analysis, ratio and pr...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | The Mathematics teacher 2014-05, Vol.107 (9), p.648-651 |
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| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Students analyze items from the media to answer mathematical questions related to the article. This month's clips examine why raindrops do not crush mosquitoes and feature an application of the Pythagorean theorem to baseball. The mathematics involved includes dimensional analysis, ratio and proportion, and the Pythagorean theorem. |
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| ISSN: | 0025-5769 2330-0582 |
| DOI: | 10.5951/mathteacher.107.9.0648 |