In 2014 alone, 3,279 immigrants died in the Mediterranean Sea trying to flee north Africa and the Middle East for a better life in Europe. So far this year, over 1,700 have perished making this journey. Your ship has a mission to rescue as many migrants at sea and return to Malta in the next 24 hours. Once your ship arrives at each boat, the rescue takes about 1 minute / person.
In 2014 alone, 3,279 immigrants died in the Mediterranean Sea trying to flee north Africa and the Middle East for a better life in Europe. So far this year, over 1,700 have perished making this journey. Your ship has a mission to rescue as many migrants at sea and return to Malta in the next 24 hours. Once your ship arrives at each boat, the rescue takes about 1 minute / person.
In 2014 alone, 3,279 immigrants died in the Mediterranean Sea trying to flee north Africa and the Middle East for a better life in Europe. So far this year, over 1,700 have perished making this journey. Your ship has a mission to rescue as many migrants at sea and return to Malta in the next 24 hours. Once your ship arrives at each boat, the rescue takes about 1 minute / person.
Trigonometry and Vectors Background In 2014 alone, 3,279 immigrants died in the Mediterranean Sea trying to flee North Africa and the Middle East for a better life in Europe. So far this year, over 1,700 have perished making this journey. Read more about the immigrant crisis in the Mediterranean by following the links below. http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/03/25/393557932/a-couple-spendstheir-millions-to-save-migrants-in-the-mediterranean http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/europe/mediterranean-boat-migrants-lister/ http://www.cfr.org/migration/europes-migration-crisis/p32874 Your Mission You are based on the island of Malta. Your ship, The ________________, has a mission to rescue as many migrants at sea as possible and return to Malta in the next 24 hours. Right now, there are four boats overloaded with migrants, in danger of capsizing. If Malta is at the origin, (0, 0), then the four boats have the following positions and contain the following number of people in danger: Boat 1 at (7, 5) with 34 people; Boat 2 at (-4, 3) with 27 people; Boat 3 at (-5, -10) with 109 people; and Boat 4 at (3, -8) with 96 people. Each unit in your coordinate system represents 10 nautical miles. Your ship travels an average of 15 knots (nautical miles per hour), not considering wind. Once your ship arrives at each boat, the rescue takes about 1 minute/person. After each rescue, you must return to Malta to drop off the people you rescued. It takes 30 minutes to unload your passengers. It is a calm day at sea, so the currents are negligible. The winds are blowing due north at 10 knots. It is 6:00 am. Your ship must arrive back to Malta with your last load of passengers no later than 6:00 am tomorrow. Calculations Component You must chart your course, explaining to which Boats you travel in which order. For each section of your 24-hour voyage, you must do the following calculations:
Determine the distance you must travel to arrive at each ship.
Determine what your heading (bearing) needs to be to travel from each location to the next (ex. N 47 E). Determine your adjusted heading taking wind into consideration.
From your adjusted bearing, calculate the amount of time it takes to
travel to the destination and make the rescue, and travel back to Malta. State the time you will return to Malta with your last load of passengers and how many total people you rescued.
Written Component
Name your ship. How did you choose this name?
Explain your approach. How did you decide which Boat to rescue first? Second, etc? What factors did you consider? What was your priority? What aspects of this mission are not entirely realistic? What other factors might you have to take into consideration navigating your ship in a real rescue situation? There will be a self- and peer-evaluation component for the project.
Bonus Points
Make an aesthetically pleasing visual representation of your rescue
mission. You can use graph paper, a model, or whatever else might best illustrate your work.