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Payload
Students apply the “think backwards” problem-solving strategy to determine how much fuel is required to get a payload to orbit based on a set of simplifying assumptions then explore the ramifications of making different assumptions.
| Subject: Algebra Topics: - Patterns, Functions and Relations Grades: 7 – 12 Concepts: - Exponential function (this concept is addressed in this lesson, but the nomenclature of "exponential" is not) |
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Algebra in the Real World Movie:
The Ares Launch Vehicles
Imagine a rocket the size of a small skyscraper. Now imagine shooting it into the air with so much force that it goes from zero to a thousand miles an hour in less than a minute. What kind of engines can generate that much thrust? And why is that rocket built in stages?
Running time 9:09 minutes.
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