Hannah Williamson
Math is used everywhere. Many people don't think about it, but math is used for many, many, things. Math is even used in building the tall poles and signs for restaurants like McDonalds and Hardee's. Engineers have to calculate how tall they can make the sign and how wide it would have to be at the bottom to make the sign a certain height. Engineers have to use proportions to make sure that once the sign is up, that it won't fall down again. They have to think about how far into the ground the pole need to be so it will stand straight up and not lean. They even have to think about how big the top of the pole should be so that the sign will fit and won't make the pole top heavy. This is not only used for restaurant signs, but also telephone poles and cell phone towers. For all of these things, you wouldn't really think that people use math to build them, but they really do. Engineers have to think about the math behind these poles, so that they do not fall.
Hannah Williamson
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Lance Clark
5/5/2016 05:15:06 am
I did not know that designing a sign for the exterior of a restaurant took so much math. Personaly, I thought designers would just find a way to adapt a logo and turn it into a sign. But, now I know they use far more math than I realized. Good job.
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Daniel Pursifull
5/5/2016 12:00:04 pm
Wow, I didn't realize how much is needed to make a pole for a restaurant sign. I mean it seems simple but there are actually factors needed to be put in. Great post.
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Rachael Johnson
5/5/2016 01:17:47 pm
I really like your post! It is interesting how something that is a fairly common sight for many people daily involves math. I would have never considered that math was involved with restaurant signs. Good job!
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Jasmine Jahad
5/5/2016 01:26:38 pm
I thought this post was really cool! I knew that engineering involved forms of math, but I never really thought about how everyday things I see such as telephone poles and restaurant signs involved the precise and elaborate planning of an engineer.
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Joseph Foy
5/5/2016 07:39:17 pm
I like it! I knew of math used in engineering, and I like how you brought it to the attention of our classmates. Do you think that math is used for any other aspect other than sign-building for engineers?
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Nikki Olmsted
5/5/2016 10:15:31 pm
I didn't know that engineers were needed in order to do something like putting up a sign. I also didn't know that signs had to be carefully made, so they wouldn't be top-heavy. You made me realize how things as ordinary as signs are related to math. Good post!
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