High School Lighting of the Olympic Cauldron:  Physics and Pre-Calculus
AnnMarie Duncan & Todd Harm

Detroit, Michigan is the future site for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.  Comerica Park is the site that has been chosen for Opening Ceremonies.  You are a member of the planning committee and must devise a unique and awe-inspiring method of lighting the cauldron.  You must utilize your knowledge of at least two mathematical principles learned thus far in Precalculus and/or Physics.   These principles may include, but are not limited to: motion, work, forces, weather, trigonometry, and vectors.  Your initial proposal is due within one week. 

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