A Study of Malaria and Sickle Cell Anemia

2-3 class days. Hands-on activity to simulate biological events. Involves finding maximum of quadratics, starting with ax^2+bx=0 and ending with general quadratics. Method of solution is by symmetry, that is, maximum is half way between two roots. Students then use factoring. Some quadratics factor "easily", others employ quadratic formula if you wish. Intermediate Algebra, and maybe precalculus.

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