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Thinking out loud
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Traffic Scenario 1A 2B 2A 1B
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How would you set up the intersection? An exercise in Monday morning quarterbacking
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Basic Model Traffic Lane Max Length of Light Minimum Length of Light Time for car to clear intersection # Of Cars Time Needed Time Given (s) # Of Cars Leftover Lane 1A Lane 1B Lane 2A Lane 2B
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IF loving you is wrong THEN I dont want to be right
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IF-THEN Statements If, Then, Else (a.k.a. Otherwise) What is your procedure? In excel this is written as : IF(Condition, True Value, False Value)
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Sample Problem 1 If a driver is going over 65 mph a speeding ticket should be issued.
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Sample Problem 1 Yes Speed > 65 No Issue Ticket No Ticket
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Sample Problem 1 Speed Caught TravelingAction To Be Taken 65Issue Ticket 55No Ticket Speed Caught TravelingAction To Be Taken 65=IF(A11<65,"No Ticket","Issue Ticket") 55=IF(A12<65,"No Ticket","Issue Ticket")
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Nested IF-THEN Statements What if you have a second condition? IF(Cond, True,IF(Cond, True, False))
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Sample Problem 2 If a driver is going over 65 mph or under 45 mph a speeding ticket should be issued.
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Sample Problem 2 Yes Speed < 40 No Issue Ticket Speed > 65 YesNo Issue TicketNo Ticket
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Nested IF-THEN Statements Speed 65Ticket 14Ticket 55No Ticket Speed 65=IF(A11>64,"Ticket",IF(A11<40,"Ticket","No Ticket")) 14=IF(A12>64,"Ticket",IF(A12<40,"Ticket","No Ticket")) 55=IF(A13>64,"Ticket",IF(A13<40,"Ticket","No Ticket"))
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Basic Model Traffic Lane Max Length of Light Minimum Length of Light Time for car to clear intersection # Of Cars Time Needed Time Given (s) # Of Cars Leftover Lane 1A Lane 1B Lane 2A Lane 2B
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Directions Break the problem into steps and verbalize what you want to do with your partner. Draw a flow chart that outlines your solution Add columns to your spread sheet and perform to perform the necessary calculations in stages
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Possible Connections Nature of Science Scientific Method Objective Experimentation and Observation.
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