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Force, Mass, Acceleration
Work out the acceleration specifications for a new car model.
| Subject: Algebra Topics: Expressions and Equations Grades: 9 - 12 Knowledge and Skills: - Can do arithmetic operations with numbers that are expressed in scientific notation - Can evaluate expressions by substituting values for variables - Can do basic operations on both sides of an equation in such a way as to preserve the equality |
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Algebra in the Real World Movie:
Creating Cars
Your students like to ride in them, plan to drive one and hope to own one, but do they know they could also have a job designing cars? Inspire them by taking them inside Ford Motor Company to see how designers and engineers use math to steer the direction of their concept cars.
Running time 5:00 minutes.
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