Author Archives: Passy

Rocket Science and Cars

Image Source: http://image.popularhotrodding.com This lesson is a quick look at Rocket Science and Cars. It is all about Acceleration. A normal car engine provides steady straight line acceleration for the car to overtake other vehicles. There is a particular steepness … Continue reading

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Midpoint Between Two Points

Image Copyright 2013 by Passy’s World of Mathematics The 90 mile straight section of highway lies between the towns of Balladonia and Caiguna in the Australian Outback. Some friends of ours recently drove this stretch of the Eyre Highway. If … Continue reading

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Gradient and Slope

Copyright Image purchased from Photodune.com Anyone who has ever ridden a bike uphill knows what a “Gradient” or “Slope” is all about ! But in Norway there is a clever way to save the hardship of big hills. It’s called … Continue reading

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Mountain Gradients

Image Source: http://www.seanasmith.com Cable trains are called “Funiculars”, and are used to go up and down very steep incline Gradients. These gradients are too steep to have a train push or pull the carriages, and so the carriages are pulled … Continue reading

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Introduction to Probability

Image Source: http://cdn.caradvice.com.au Statistically the most likely age group to have an auto accident is the 18-25 year old male group. (They are young inexperienced drivers, and for some reason they don’t always seem to drive as carefully as other … Continue reading

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