(A Little Back-Story shared by Professor Kelly Kozma) What…

  (A Little Bаck-Stоry shаred by Prоfessоr Kelly Kozmа) What made me officially fall in love with mathematics was finding the beauty in its applications. Understanding the applications of what I was learning about was the answer to my pressing question: When will we ever use this in real life? The honest answer to this question will depend on your career or your trade. Like myself, you may be thinking, "I'm never going to use this again." Although that may be true for some mathematics concepts, that doesn't mean we shouldn't learn about it and understand it to the best of our ability.   Therefore, the purpose of this lab is to expose you to the many different applications of radicals. Personally, I learned a lot during the process of creating and exploring this activity. I didn't realize that radicals were used for so many things! While I will be grading your work for correctness, I do hope that you at least take one thing away from this activity, and that is how useful radicals (and other mathematics topics) are to understanding the world around us.   Do your best. Take your time. Feel free to meet with a lab tutor in the Osceola Math Depot to discuss these questions.     Watch these videos for help: