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If you could invent something to make your life easier, what would it be? Develop a design proposal for a product that would make your life easier. The design proposal should include sketches of your idea, the essential functions and who your product serves. Once your initial idea has been developed, solicit feedback from your peers to revise and update the final design proposal.

Your task is to create a product (that you will make up) and can be sold at Collegiate and Longhorn Central. The project will focus on four main components, a business plan (written report…yes this is still Algebra class!), a financial plan, a product prototype and a marketing materials for your product. The report must be typed, 12 pt. Times New Roman font and double spaced. It must have a cover page, table of contents and a works cited page. The report must be in a report folder.

The students will design their own simple machine invention to present during their oral presentation. The invention must be of something that is new and it must contain at least 3 of the 6 simple machines: Lever, Pulley, Wheel and Axle, Screw, Wedge, and Inclined Plane. Their invention must be somethinbg that will make the job easier.