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Written by Forrest H.

Previously in the engineering section of applied math lab(A.M.L.) we have created tables created from newspaper, cardboard and tape. We quickly discovered that these are not the most powerful materials in the world. I learned that to make the most powerful table, we had to make very tightly rolled pieces of newspaper. My partner Abbey and I achieved the most tightly rolled newspaper in the class by folding it over itself over and over again. They ended out being much thinner than most of the other groups but held the best. Also, the structure was held by triangular shapes which are the strongest geometric shape. We were horrified however after creating our table that we were supposed to be measuring the amount of tape we used. We had to spend three classes finding out our tape usage. Fortunately, it all paid off. Our table easily held over nine pounds before collapsing. We were then allowed extra time to reinforce and re-test our table. We did, this time careful to measure and record the tape we were using. We have still not yet weighed how much it held then, but I think it held at least twice as much. This section of AML has been fun to learn and fascinating to experience.