CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIN Y DESARROLLO DE EDUCACIN BILINGE

Final Project Title: Inequalities related with Physics in our daily life.

Myrna Alejandra Martnez Olivares - 1556243 Katia Marisol Rodrguez Cavazos - 1561825

3rd semester

November 22th, 2011

Teacher: Erick Snchez

Math project: Inequalities related with Physics in our daily life.

Introduction: An inequality is a statement indicating that an expression is greater than, greater than or equal than, less than, or less than or equal than to other expression. It is an expression consisting of two unequal quantities. Inequalities are very common in our daily life. For example, applying inequalities in Physics, in the formula of Force, we can say that the force is never going to be equal, the acceleration is never constant because time is never exact, so the force also is inconstant.

To solve an inequality, we must isolate the variable on one side of the inequality symbol. To isolate the variable, we use the same basic techniques used in solving equations.

Theoretical framework: The direction of the inequality symbol is sometimes called the order or sense of the inequality.
  

The notation a < b means that a is less than b. The notation a > b means that a is greater than b. The notation a b means that a is not equal to b, but does not say that one is greater than the other or even that they can be compared in size. The notation a b means that a is less than or equal to b. The notation a b means that a is greater than or equal to b. If a < b then a > b If a > b then a < b

   

Observation: All negative numbers are less than zero.

Problem: In a 3 m track, two cars are placed to compete on a race starting at rest, the red one has a mass of 30 g and the blue one of 40 g. They travel the track in a time of ____ sec. Determine a) The force applied in both cars b) Which car applies a bigger force?

Data: d=3m t1 = 1.6 s t2 = 2.3 s m1 = 0.003 kg m2 = 0.004 kg vi = 0 m/s Formulas: F=ma d = vi*t + at2

Mathematical solution: 1. First, to get the acceleration we must isolate it from the kinematic

formula. a = d vi*t(2)/t2 2. Take the time that the first car lasts to cover the 3 m track.

t1= 1.6 s 3. Substitute the data we have in the formula to resolve for the

acceleration of the red car.

a = (3 0(1.6))(2)/(1.6)2 a = (3-0)(2)/2.56 a1 = 6/2.56 = 2.343 m/s 4. Now that we got the acceleration, we can get the force of the red car

with the formula F = ma F1=0.003(2.343)= 7.029x10-3 N 5. To get the force of the blue car, we have to do the same steps as the

red one but with the other data. We take the time of the blue car: t2 = 2.3 s Substitute the data on the kinetic formula: a = (3 0(2.3))(2)/(2.3)2 a = (3-0)(2)/5.29 a2 = 6/5.29 = 1.134 m/s Calculate force: F=ma F2=0.004(1.134)= 4.536x10-3 N 6. When you have both forces you compare them, and check which of

them is greater or less than, or if they are the same. The blue car is applying a greater force than the red one, so we can express that as the following: F2 > F1

Conclusions: In this project, we make an investigation about the relationship between math and physics in order to solve a real life problem using inequalities. This topic is a little difficult to relate with physics, but we make our best effort. We used physics formulas that will never going to be the same because the values change, then, we measure the acceleration of two cars with different masses and with that acceleration we obtained the force using the formula F=ma. We realize that one force is greater than the other one, because the acceleration and the mass are never constant, they can vary a lot, so with this we used inequalities to express that F2 is greater than F1. Bibliography: http://www.brainyquote.com/words/in/inequality178154.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inequality_(mathematics) Math 3: Precalculus