This week we talked about optimization. It honestly wasn't that great. It's stuff I understand, I just didn't have any motivation to do it this week. Whatever. Anyway, the just of it is that you want to use the most efficient way to maximize or minimize something. For example, a problem may ask, "hey math student, what is the best way to cut this pie so I can man handle into a cone so the cone has the largest volume?" I would then have to figure out an equation that had all the variables and find the max or min or something in desmos. You also have to use the derivative to find critical points. I like that we have to continue to use all of the stuff we learned last trimester so we don't forget it. It also is nice in the sense that I feel like we are actually using the things we learned in real world applications which is something I don't normally do. It makes it easy to learn.
In the midst of cutting our pie, Sean Moore had an interesting thought, "If we were to cut 0 off, we wouldn't cut the pie at all. If we cut all of the pie off, wouldn't we also cut nothing? What would happen to the pie?" -Sean Moore, Philosopher (11/26/14) This made me think.
I thought last trimester went really well, I only had to do one mastery and felt super confident with all the material. I ended with that solid A grade and I good understanding of the material. I liked how the class went and am looking forward to next trimester.
In the midst of cutting our pie, Sean Moore had an interesting thought, "If we were to cut 0 off, we wouldn't cut the pie at all. If we cut all of the pie off, wouldn't we also cut nothing? What would happen to the pie?" -Sean Moore, Philosopher (11/26/14) This made me think.
I thought last trimester went really well, I only had to do one mastery and felt super confident with all the material. I ended with that solid A grade and I good understanding of the material. I liked how the class went and am looking forward to next trimester.