DP Mathematics AA HL | Marine Rescue Optimisation | Original PDF Slides

This is my original six-slide PDF for the marine rescue optimisation lesson.

Use the diagram and staged prompts to connect Pythagoras’ theorem, a model for travel time and differentiation. The slides follow the original 10-mark question and its parts (a), (b) and (c), with space for your own working.

This resource accompanies the DP Mathematics AA HL lesson. The optimisation methods also support AA SL 5.8, so students can use it to make connections between geometry, modelling and calculus.

The PDF includes the original question, an “understand the problem” page, prompts for the three parts, and a short strategy summary. These are teaching slides for annotation; a full printed worked-solution set is not included.

This is a standalone lesson resource, rather than a numbered course booklet. The original wording, equations, diagram and question parts are retained.

Digital PDF download: 6 landscape pages. No printed copy is sent.