Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 45 Issue 1, December 2007
7 – 8
One Way to Avoid Using a Graphing Calculator
Indy Lagu
I was recently looking through a calculus text, and a question caught my eye. The question is quite common; I suspect that it appears in most calculus books. It concerns the optimal distance for viewing a statue. Variations of the problem abound: where to sit in a movie theatre and from where to attempt an extra point in rugby come to mind.
