Intro to Taxicab Geometry and absolute value equations using number lines - leads students through placing a firehouse in an optimal location (by minimizing the total distance a firetruck will have to drive to all houses, and by minimizing the maximum distance a firetruck will have to drive to any one house).
Link to Accompanying Worksheets: https://docs.google.com/a/miamioh.edu/document/d/1T3jqRUaTKnOKGBq2ipv0IknCRi5IODICwrgE_Ii2Jj8/edit
