A semielliptical one-way tunnel was recently covered with rocks and debris from a series

of landslides. After a few weeks, it is finally cleared and becomes passable again by vehicles.
The maximum height of the tunnel is 8ft and has a width of 12ft.

Objective: The student(s) will be able to know if a vehicle can pass through the tunnel without
damaging it.

Activity: Measure the height and width of a vehicle that you own (preferably a car). Take a
photo of the vehicle of its rear side and indicate the measurements (in ft). Include the details
about the vehicle: brand and year model.

Procedure: Provide computations to support your claim. Use concepts of ellipse (standard
equation, axis, center, foci, etc.), whichever is applicable, and Cartesian plane in your analysis.

Given:
Width of the tunnel = 12ft.
Height  of the tunnel = 8 ft.

Solution:
Vertex or the A = 122 = 6                       Standard Equation: x /36 + y /64 =1
2 2

Co-vertex or the B = 8       Center (0,0)

Focus or the C=  c =a -b
2 2 2
      Foci (-5.29,0),(5.29,0)
    c =36-64
2
      Vertex (-6,0),(6,0)
c =28
    c=5.29

RUBRICS for Grading

Components Exemplary Satisfactory Improving Rating of Rating

of Output Student(s) of
Teacher

Organization The solution is No caption to No caption to    

of solution organized, describe steps describe steps
legible and made. Some made. Solutions
clean. The important provided are not
applications of concepts are properly
concepts are missing. organized.
well illustrated. Some important
A caption of   concepts are
each step taken missing to
is present.   understand the
steps made.
   
 
   
(0-2 points)
   

(7-10 points)  

(3-6 points)

Correctness Computations The approach No    

and Accuracy are precise. No taken is logical. computations
of errors in using Computations provided or
Computations mathematical are precise but computations
provided symbols. The some errors are provided are
approach taken present in using irrelevant to
is logical. mathematical attaining the
symbols. objective of this
  task. Approach
  taken is
  incorrect.
 
   
 
   (8-16 points)  

(17-20 points) (0-7 points)

TOTAL       /30 /30