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2 Project: Performance Task: The Parallax Project

Problem
Geometry Sem 1
Name:
Date:

The Scenario: You’re looking for a sponsor to pay for you to

participate in a sailboat race. Now that you’ve solved the
parallax problem, use the same skills you used there to write a
proposal that shows that you can win the race.

The Project: Use the information provided in the performance

task to estimate your travel costs and to calculate your average
speed and the speed of last year’s winner. Use the questions
below to help you gather information to write your proposal.

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Part I: Which race? Choose a city (8 points)

When you write your proposal, you’ll need to tell your sponsor about the costs and
risks involved in the race you’ve chosen. You’ll investigate these in Part I.

1. Which city did you pick and why? (2 points)

2. What is one common boating hazard in this city? (2 points)

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 3. What are your total travel expenses? (4 points: 2 points for airfare/hotel. 1 point
for total)

Part II: Which category? Choose your boat (10 points)

Your proposal will also discuss how likely it is that you’ll win the race. In Part II,
you’ll calculate your average race speed for the type of boat you’ve chosen.

1. Which boat did you choose and why? (2 points)

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 2. What is one advantage of your boat? (2 points)

3. What is one disadvantage of your boat? (2 points)

4. For the city and boat you picked above, what were the speeds of your last three
races (in knots)? (2 points)

5. What is your average race speed? (2 points)

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 Part III: The Olympic triangle (22 points)

1.Draw a sketch of the short course triangle below, labeling the points A, B, and C.
Don’t draw it on your master map yet! (3 points)

2. Draw the arrows to represent your path along the course. (3 points)

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 3. Where do you start? (3 points)

4. What are the measures for angles B and C? (3 points)

5. What is the measure for angle A? (3 points)

6. What do you know about the distance between each buoy? (3 points)

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 7. The wind is blowing opposite to leg AB. Given the fact that you’re traveling in a
wind-powered boat, which leg of the course will take you the longest? Why? (4
points)

Part IV: Last year’s winner (9 points)

Your sponsor will need to know how your average speeds compare to the
speeds of past winners. In Part IV, you’ll find out how to calculate boat speeds
in knots (nautical miles per hour).

1. What was the winning time of last year’s race for your city and boat? (2 points,
one for each leg)

2. Do you know how fast last year’s winner was traveling? (2 points)

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 3. What information do you need to know to calculate last year’s winning speed?
Remember, the distance traveled (length of the course) is equal to the rate (boat’s
speed) times the time. (2 points)

A nautical mile is 6076 feet. A speed of one nautical mile per hour is a knot. In the
next two questions, you will convert a speed in feet per minute to knots.

4. If you travel 1000 feet in 5 minutes, what is your speed in feet per minute? (1
point)

5. What is your speed in knots? Hint: Use the number of minutes in an hour to
convert the speed to feet per hour. Then use the number of feet in a nautical mile
to convert feet per hour to knots. (2 points: 1 point for finding the speed in feet/hr,
1 point for converting to knots)

Part V: The map (20 points)

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 In Part V, you’re going to use your knowledge of parallax to find the distance of
the race course. Below is a grid to draw your Master map on. Use this to draw
your parallax triangles and distances. Don’t worry about drawing your map to
scale. The grid is there to help you draw straighter lines.

1. What are the two landmarks from your city that you’ll use for parallax? (2
points)

2. What is the distance between your two landmarks? (2 points)

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 3. Call the North Landmark L1 and the South Landmark L2. Sketch the points L1
and L2 on your map. (2 points)

4. What is the fixed point in the water that you will use for parallax? (2 points)

5. Call your fixed point P. Sketch the point P onto the map. (2 points)

6. What is the distance from your fixed point P to the line between L1 and L2
(called L1L2)? (2 points)

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 7. Draw the line from your fixed point P to the line L1L2 and add to the length of
this line. (2 points)

8. Label the point of intersection between line L1L2 and the new line as point D. (2
points)

9. What is the distance from L1 to D? That is, what is the measure of the line
segment L1D? Hint: review the diagram in "The Race Course" section of the
Performance Task. (2 points)

10. What is the distance from L2 to D? That is, what is the measure of the line
segment L2D? (2 points)

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 Part VI: Solving the problem. (10 points)

In Parts VI, VII, and VIII, you’ll use your map to find the length of the race
course. Knowing the distance will allow you to find the average speed of last
year’s winner.

Draw the Olympic triangle on your map.

1. Buoy marker A was set so that it’s in a perfect line of sight with the hazard buoy
and the landmark L2. Draw buoy A so that it’s in the proper line. You can choose
the position of buoy A. (2 points)

2. The first leg of the racing triangle AB runs parallel to the bridge. Draw this line.
(2 points)

3. Buoy marker B was set so that it’s in a perfect line of sight with the hazard buoy
and the landmark L1. Draw buoy B so that it’s on the parallax line. (2 points)

4. Sketch buoy marker C, remembering what you know about the Olympic triangle.
Don’t worry if your drawing is not to scale. (2 points)

5. What is the distance from the hazard buoy to racing buoy A? Hint: review the
diagram in "The Race Course" section of the Performance Task. Write this
distance on your map. (2 points)

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 Part VII: Calculate the distances. (23 points)

1. What is the distance from the hazard buoy P to the southern landmark L2? Use
this formula: , where d is the distance from P to L2, DL2 is the
distance from D to L2, and PD is the distance from P to D. Round to the nearest
foot. (5 points)

2. What triangles are similar? How do you know? (5 points)

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 3. What is the distance between buoy A and B? (5 points)

4. What are the lengths of the other two triangle legs? (4 points: 2 points each)

Remember what you know about the shape of the Race Course.

5. What is the total length of the race course? (4 points: 3 for calculation, 1 for
answer)

Part VIII: Calculate the winner’s speed. (10 points)

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 1. What was the winner’s speed during last year’s race? (5 points: 3 points for
speed. 2 points for conversion to knots).

2. How does the winner’s speed compare with your average speed? How much
faster or slower are you? (5 points)

Part IX: Write your proposal. (8 points)

Now it’s time to make your proposal to the sponsor. Your sponsor will have their
logo on your boat, so they want to be sure it’s likely to do well. The sponsor also
needs to know what the expenses and risks are, so they know how much their
investment in you will cost.

1. Complete the table to summarize the results of your study. (4 points)

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 Category: Race:

Risk Analysis: Itemized Travel Cost

Safety hazards

Competitive My time and speed

Analysis:
Last year's winning time
and speed

Reward Analysis: My chances of winning

2. Write a summary paragraph explaining why the sponsor should accept your
proposal. (4 points)

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