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Building a Planetary Erosion Simulator
Your class must purchase wood to make the frames for your planetary erosion simulators.
1. How much wood will you need to make 1 frame with the following dimensions?
Explain your thinking.
2. How much wood will you need to make 3 frames with the following dimensions?
Explain your thinking.
3. How much wood will you need to make 5 frames with the following dimensions?
Explain your thinking.
Prepared by YES I Can! Science Team at McMaster University,
for the Canadian Space Agency.