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If you have a passion for amusement parks, a great imagination, and enjoy building

things, you might want to consider a career in roller coaster design. things, you might want to consider a career in roller coaster design. Roller coaster Roller coaster

designersdesigners combine creativity, engineering, mathematics, and physics to develop combine creativity, engineering, mathematics, and physics to develop

rides that are both exciting and safe. In order to analyze data and make precise rides that are both exciting and safe. In order to analyze data and make precise

calculations, a roller coaster designer must have a solid background in high school calculations, a roller coaster designer must have a solid background in high school

math and science.math and science.

in Design Engineering

Are you interested in a career as a roller

coaster designer? Take some of the following

courses in high school.

• Algebra • Physics


• Calculus • Trigonometry


• Geometry

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