Packaging Project
- Builds or integrates comprehensive mathematical models to describe or diagram globally significant issues.
- Describes how the mathematical relationships in a model reflect a situation, and evaluates and refines a model for limitations.
Performance Outcome:
Develops a viable, manageable, and responsible plan of action supported by the mathematics; and consistent with the argument, conclusion, or decision.
Description:
For my Sophomore Geometry class, we were tasked with building a more efficient package for a product that uses a lot of wasted material. My group and I choose to examine the Barilla Lasagne Box. We chose this product because it had a lot of excess material that was not needed. As well, we found that this packaging had a lot of extra unused air space. We wanted to get rid of all the extra unused material and space in order to help the environment and reduce the amount of waste that is produced. In order to decrease the amount of material that is used, we first measured the volume and surface area of the box. Then we measured the volume and surface area of the lasagne. After that we found the air space (the amount of unused space) of the box. We concluded that there was in fact enough air space to reduce it greatly. Once we found out the data we examined the box and determined where the air space was not being use and decided the changes we thought would reduce the material the most. The height was decreased by 2 cm and the length was decreased 1.5 cm. We were able to reduce the unused air space by 22.97%. We also reduced the surface area 178.32㎠. Our package was able to fit all the lasagne in it perfectly, with just the right amount of extra airspace. Our new package is now saving 178.32㎠. of cardboard. We also removed the plastic window, which saves the extra cardboard that they would have cut out and thrown away, and the plastic that they used to make it into a window. Our overall new package now is reducing the amount of waste that is produced, and is cost effective because they wont have to be paying for all the extra unused material.
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