Help!

[msadair40]

:confused: I am in 11th grade Honors Physics and we have to build a full size chair out of newpaper and masking tape...the only advice given by our teacher was to think about bridges...and I am lost on this one..can anyone give me some advice?? All help is greatly appreciated!! thanks

[Nenad]

do you know what he meant by looking at bridges. (look at the structure and the support beams, notice the way they are shaped)

[Chronos]

Try here for some ideas
http://science.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm
Consider the strength of materials you have to work with [low] and select an appropriate design model.