The passage below discusses some of the steps of an engineering-design challenge.
Select the part of the passage that
describes constraints.
Hint: Constraints are factors that limit the
possible solutions.
testing an airbag in a simulated crash
A car company realizes that its airbags are not working properly. A team of engineers
meets and thinks of possible designs for new airbags that will open correctly and
protect people better. The team is told that to save money, the new design must use
the same materials that are used in the current airbags. The team builds a model of
the most promising design. The team members then test the new airbag in a simulated
crash. Afterward, they examine the test results to determine how well the airbags
worked.