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If You Don't Have a Slicker, Does It Pay to Walk Quicker?

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Peckham, G. D.; And Others – Science Teacher, 1987

Describes a set of activities designed to help students determine whether walking or running in the rain will keep you drier. Includes a range from simple to sophisticated formulas that attempt to consider a number of variables and some basic laws of physics in the calculations. (TW)

Descriptors: Computation, Gravity (Physics), Mathematical Formulas, Mathematics Education