Unit 2: Final Project

Final Project

For this project you will use the data you have been collecting about your activities after school. Each group member should determine the day on which they visited the most locations after school and what those locations were.

Scenario:

Assume that for one day you need to carpool with the other members of the group in order to get to all of the locations you each identified on the day you visited the most different locations. Determine the shortest route in terms of miles and then determine the shortest route in terms of time. Are these the same? Why or why not? What other conditions might you want to consider? (Your data may give you some ideas.)

You will need to use a map in order to calculate the distances. The data you collected has the times. Your presentation can be given as a poster, a PowerPoint, a video or other pre-­‐approved product.

Your presentation should include:

1. The names of people in your group

2. A picture (graph) representing all the locations with all roads between them labeled with mileages and times

3. A detailed plan of your solution

4. A written explanation of the strategies you used to find the shortest route

• The solution on the graph and the total number of miles

5. A written explanation of the strategies you used to find the least amount of time

• The solution on the graph and the total time

6. Why the shortest routes are the same or why not

7. Other conditions you might want to consider and what data gave you the idea