Finding the Optimal Solution Using DesmosAn optimal solution is a region bounded by given constraints; where the objective function reaches its maximum or minimum value. Incorporating technology into your classroom helps enhance the students learning experience. It provides an innovative way to keep students engaged. Providing visuals where they can see the problem as well as manipulate it provides students with key critical thinking skills. Technology increases student's understanding of the material, and helps slow down the learning process of more difficult concepts. A way to incorporate technology into the lesson on Finding the Optimal Solution is by using Desmos. Desmos is an online graphing calculator that helps learners explore math in a new and exciting way. It provides students with a visual for graphing functions, plot tables of data, evaluate equations, explore transformations, and so much more. Below is a link to my slideshow for this topic, as well as the handout that has each step written out on how to find the optimal solution. There is also a link to Desmos so you can become familiar with the online resource and try it yourself!
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