6 ? p! ~* q, x& _% H5 sProblem: + I$ }8 x' _- D5 s# w; H- q/ ?An exciting action scene in a movie is going to be filmed, and you are the stunt coordinator! A stunt person on a motorcycle will jump over an elephant and land in a pile of cardboard boxes to cushion their fall. You need to protect the stunt person, and also use relatively few cardboard boxes (lower cost, not seen by camera, etc.). / U% ~5 L6 B! U% M% J2 CYour job is to: ! r) K3 ~% O( {) `
determine what size boxes to use * H4 |1 V- N2 x
determine how many boxes to use 5 P/ i7 `5 `/ [
determine how the boxes will be stacked- [/ C- |" o1 f* R% z. f
determine if any modifications to the boxes would help - D# `$ b1 D c' C. X/ V$ x
generalize to different combined weights (stunt person & motorcycle) and different jump heights
Note that, in "Tomorrow Never Dies", the James Bond character on a motorcycle jumps over a helicopter.