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Square Root Functions

Taco Cart
Pythagorean Theorem, Rates of change, distance, square root function
This is task is from Dan Meyer. The basic concept isn't so interesting to me, but the extension is brilliant! By asking students to find the "best path" all of a sudden we need to use square root functions based on the pythagorean theorem. I also suggest using huge honking whiteboards.
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