Keith Wolcott to Give Jan. 15th Talk

ABSTRACT: When you rinse out a container, you add a bit of water, shake it around, and then dump it out. Then you repeat this process until you are satisfied that it is rinsed well enough. There are many ways to do this. For example, you could use a lot of water and very few rinses or little water and many rinses. Or you could use more water for the first rinse (since it is dirtier at the start) and then use less water for subsequent rinses. What method is best? My calculus class and I enjoyed working out what is the most efficient way to achieve the optimum results for this problem. We will share the results in this talk.