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Review: Situational Problem
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Excursion to Mount
Panamac
You are hired
by the parks department as a land surveyor in order to mark the trail
leading
to the top of Mount Panamac. You go to the park and realize that your
equipment is too bulky to
carry up the trail. This makes it impossible to take measurements
directly in
the field. Luckily, you are resourceful and you decide to take
measurements in
a different way. You set up your measuring instruments at the entrance
to the
park and observe the summit of the mountain at an angle of elevation of
20o.
Then, you walk one kilometre to the junction of the trail leading to
the
summit. From there, you can observe it from an angle of elevation of 35o.
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Your goal is to
design panels that will guide hikers along the trail. The first panel
will be
located at the trailhead. The panel must indicate the height of Mount Panamac, the
length of the trail and the time needed to get to the summit. Hikers
walk at an
estimated speed of 3.5 km/h.
The other two
panels will be located in the rest areas situated one quarter and two
thirds of
the way along the trail.
The following information will appear on these panels:
The altitude (in metres)
The
distance covered (in metres)
The
distance left to cover (in metres)
The
time needed to get to the summit
Your task is to
design these three panels and to explain to the park authorities the
exact
location of the rest areas and the panels.
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