How is math used in the olympics? explain?
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All the bobsled, luge, and skelton runs have banked turns. The angle of the banking is computed based on the radius of the turn and the speed the sleds are going to be traveling.In certain events like speed skating and downhill skiing time is either added (if the athlete is slower than the fastest competitor) or subtracted (if they are faster.)
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Another example is ski jumping. On each hill there is a calculation mark (called k mark) and points are deducted or added dependent on how far ahead or behind the k-mark a competitor lands. For instance, if on a 120m hill, the k-mark is set at 105m and two jumpers score 90m and 120m, the 90m jumper scores 33 points (1.8 x 15 behind the k-mark) and the 120m jumper scores 87 points (1.8 x 15 ahead of the k-mark)My uncle was in the olympics a few years ago anyone remember Rick Oleksyk?
one better be able to add and subtract if many of the sports are timed events.the number five seems to show up many times in the olympics.
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