This past week, something that I made a few mistakes on and had trouble with was the snake on the plane problem. We were given a sheet of paper with 3 problems on it. We had to find out first, how many pixels the snake would grow when it ate 1 pellet, 2 pellets, 3 pellets, and so on. Second, we needed to come up with an equation to find the length of the snake when it ate 100 pellets. Lastly, we needed to determine how many pellets the snake would eat when it filled up the 32 by 32 grid.
The first problem was simple since you used small numbers and started from the beginning. The third problem was a little difficult but easy to pick up on. The second problem was very difficult and challenging because it was mostly trial and error. I continued to try and figure out a perfect equation but then I realized that it was going to take a long time since you are not given examples. I remember my step mom telling me that scientist constantly use trial and error methods to come up with evidence. I tried my best and did not find an answer but I came up with many possibilities that needed some tweaking.
The first problem was simple since you used small numbers and started from the beginning. The third problem was a little difficult but easy to pick up on. The second problem was very difficult and challenging because it was mostly trial and error. I continued to try and figure out a perfect equation but then I realized that it was going to take a long time since you are not given examples. I remember my step mom telling me that scientist constantly use trial and error methods to come up with evidence. I tried my best and did not find an answer but I came up with many possibilities that needed some tweaking.