Park City Mathematics Institute The Geometry of Piles of Salt by Troy Jones, Willowcreek Middle School Troy Jones's Article published in the Utah Mathematics Teacher, Fall 2008, pages 10-13 The Geometry of Piles of Salt Troy Jones's Files presented during PCMI SSTP 2006 The Sands of Time PowerPoint view web page || download file Geometer's Sketchpad file saltridges.gsp Photos of the Activity: photos page Reference: Larson, Boswell, Kanold, and Stiff Algebra 2: McDougal Littell, 2004. pp. 487 and 489.

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