At This Time 129 - Evanston RoundTable

Building bridges astatine the 42nd yearly Evanston Township High School mathematics section Geometry Bridge Contest. Freshman Kayla Strickland, center, won with the strongest bridge. Tora Gylling (left) and Emilie Viola were runners-up. Students were fixed poster board, 30 straws and utilized consecutive pins to conception their mini bridges. Weights were placed atop the bridges to trial structural strength. Kayla built a truss bridge, arched for other strength. It held 4.5 kilograms (almost 10 pounds). She comes astatine this naturally; some her parents person engineering degrees. Kayla hopes to beryllium an architect. (Photo by Richard Cahan)

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