Mosquitoes // Pythagorean baseball

• Autores: John Donovan, Gregory D. Foley, Thomas R. Butts, Louis Lim (ed. lit.), Lionel Garrison (ed. lit.), Chris A. Bolognese (ed. lit.)
• Localización: Mathematics teacher, ISSN-e 2330-0582, ISSN 0025-5769, Vol. 107, Nº 9, 2014, págs. 648-651
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5951/mathteacher.107.9.0648
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• Resumen

  • 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.