Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- When the situation presented in a contextual problem is most accurately modeled by a polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric (sine and cosine), radical, or general piecewise functional relationship.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Accurately model contextual situations.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There are relationships among features of a contextual problem and a created mathematical model for that problem.
- Different contexts produce different domains and feasible solutions.
Vocabulary
- Mathematical modeling cycle
- Feasibility
