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Plane Crash in Yellowstone

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area
Mathematics
Grades
11-12

A plane has crashed in a thickly wooded section of Yellowstone National Park. Each small group of students is a rescue team. Each team creates a map that shows the shortest feasible distance to the crash site.

MA Standards

PC.F-TF.B.7
(+) Use inverse functions to solve trigonometric equations that arise in modeling contexts; evaluate the solutions using technology, and interpret them in terms of the context.*
PC.G-SRT.D.11
(+) Understand and apply the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines to find unknown measurements in right and non-right triangles (e.g., surveying problems, resultant forces).
SMP.4
Model with mathematics.

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