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PSMT – Mathematical Methods

2024
Year 10 Mathematical Methods, 2024
James Traill
Issue/topic: The Whites Hill Reserve is installing a new piece of equipment
for a newer target demographic, and to encourage more physical activity.
The specified area of the block of land is 500m 2, and the skate ramp must
not exceed this size.
Ramp height: 2.7 m
Deck width: 2.1 m
Flat surface size: 2.7 m

1
Formulate
Introduction
In this task, the equation for a parabola of a skating ramp that has specific
dimensions, outlined individually by the teacher is determined. This will
consist of a series of equations to build up the entire ramp shape. This
ramp must also meet other requirements in order for it to be approved for
construction in Whites Hill Reserve, such as the 500m 2 total area for use
on the project,

Observations
It has been observed that:
- There is 500m2 of land available to build the ramp. (from task sheet)
- The ramp is 2.7m tall, has a 2.1m wide deck, and has a 2.7m long
flat platform in the middle of the ramp. (from task sheet)
- The ramp must be symmetrical from a side-view. (from task sheet)
- The total length must be at least 10m, but no more than 45m. (from
task sheet)
- The ramp must reasonably fit within the provided area. (from task
sheet)
- The ramp must have a flat surface between the two slopes, which
must be at least as long as the height. (from task sheet)

Assumptions
It can be assumed that:
- The flat surface of the ramp shouldn’t be much longer than the
height, because then the skaters would lose too much speed and
wouldn’t be able to return up the ramp on the opposite side.
- It would be better to not fill the entire 500m2 area, so that there’s
more room for other equipment and facilities to be added later.
- The ramp should be as wide as it is tall, because then skaters would
have more room for tricks and less collisions would occur with more
people on the ramp at a time.

2
Solve
Equations
The ramp in question has been modelled trough the use of multiple
equations, which produced this result:

The equations that were used are as follows:

The co-ordinates used are the height and length of certain elements,
upscaled to be whole numbers. Despite this, more precise points had to
be used in order for the ramp to not have any holes or lines sticking out of
the ramp.

Evaluate and Verify


Evaluation
This solution for the Whites Hill skate ramp is quite reasonable, due to

3
Strengths
Some strengths of this ramp design are:
- Skaters can gain good speed and height for jumps due to the
steeper slope.
- The ramp only takes up a small part of the total space in the Whites
Hill area.
- The ramp will be wide, which allows more skaters to use it at a time.

Limitations
Despite the strengths, this design has some weaknesses:
- Due to the steeper ramp, it may be a bit more dangerous than other
designs.

Conclusion
The goal of this task was to develop and graph quadratic equations to
construct a design for a skate ramp to be placed in Whites Hill Reserve.
The hoped outcome of this was that the ramp would meet all speci

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