Math in Restaurants: Introduction
Chef Sue Torres challenges the teams to use algebra to recommend a price for guacamole.
Chef Sue Torres challenges the teams to use algebra to recommend a price for guacamole.
Choose one of two strategies to make your prediction for avocado prices in the coming year. Then, use Sue’s rule of thumb to come up with a recommended menu price for guacamole.
After solving Sue’s guacamole challenge, try additional challenges involving three menu items with different main ingredients: chicken, shrimp, and beef.
Basketball player Elton Brand presents a challenge about the math behind free throw shots.
Use the three key variables and Elton Brand’s stats to figure out the maximum height the basketball reaches when Elton shoots a free throw.
Choose new sets of stats and sharpen your skills with additional challenges around the math behind free throw shooting.
Jeremy Chernick from J&M Special Effects sets up a challenge about lighting for high-speed effects.
Use light probe readings to figure out the mathematical relationship between intensity and distance.
Learn how a setting called an f-stop affects the amount of light coming through a camera lens.
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