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THE JOB

• Video Game Designers strive to produce the newest hottest game
• Must have a strong experienced in graphics or animation
• Must have a strong imagination and creativity to help write the game's story line
• Knowledge of gaming consoles and other video games and their functions
• Helpful to have a hobby in video game design, using simple programs such as MUGEN

MATH USED

• Algebra and math is used to help program the game with codes
• Use of math measurements to help design 3D graphics
• Algebra equations to use codes, such as making characters move or attack
• Programs work with time and numbers on order to execute

PROGRAM MATH PROBLEM

• A programmer is planning to add birds into his game, to so this he would
• Ike to add wings onto them as they fly away.He calculates that the
• Birds will be off the screen in 16 seconds, and he would like to get 25 FPS (frames per second)
• How many frames would be included if there will be a flock of 5 birds.

ANSWER

• ( 5 (16 x 24)
• 5(384)
• =1920 FPS for 5 Birds