The Quadratic River Application with Area and Perimeter (ARC)
Narges Dehdashti, Rose State College
Josh Grieshop, Rose State College
Ashley Tomson, Rose State College
In both parts of the College Algebra Quadratic River Application activity, students will work with applying a quadratic function to a scenario. In part one, students will initially access prior knowledge of area and perimeter of rectangles to engage with the material with tables and GeoGebra. Through the structure of the activity, students will then transition to making algebraic representations of area and perimeter given particular constraints of the scenario. Lastly, students will find the length and width that will maximize an area. In part two, students will complete a similar task to reinforce the idea that the vertex of the quadratic provides maximum area.
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