Paige's DEV

Paige's DEV from ps114

For this project, I tried to look at the types of problems that people (including myself) found impossible or hopeless.  I wanted to capture the idea that in order to move forward, we have to look back at mistakes, regardless of how humiliating or time consuming or upsetting it may be.  I tried to use content from more than one unit in each problem, which is specifically why I used a logarithm for the farmer ted type problem.  Although it’s not exactly “necessary”, I wanted to incorporate the relationship between logs and exponentials in some way.  I focused a lot on domain and long division because they require a complex understanding of small details.  Also, I included rational functions because I had the most problems with that unit, and wanted to improve on those.  I used a farmer ted type problem because I have found that concept of finding the maximum or minimum x value to be very useful.  I look at this project as a glimpse of a journey, which is where I got the idea for my theme.  My goal when working on this project was to portray pre-calc functions as entirely possible, while also displaying the knowledge I have gained throughout the trimester.  Overall, I gained knowledge as I put these problems together because I had to work backwards.  Though it was very stressful at times, this project made me think about the content we’ve learned in new ways and helped me review for the exam.


- Paige