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Boost lemonade sales by using the perfect container. For a given volume, future entrepreneurs design a container that will have the least surface area and by extension, the least cost of material. They create a two-dimensional net of their container and use it to develop a three-dimensional model.
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- Team up with a business teacher for the lesson
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- An understanding of surface area and volume formulas is a prerequisite
- Learners must also be able to convert units
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