# A Study of Malaria and Sickle Cell Anemia

Topic(s):
This investigation of the genetics of the Sickle Cell trait via a mathematical model uses probability and teaches properties of quadratic functions and the concept of optimization of a function. The properties of quadratic functions brought out by this investigation are -the relationship between the zeros of the function and its factors, -the relationship between the zeros and the location of its vertex, -the symmetry of its graph, and the location of its extreme point, -factors of quadratics of the form $ax^2 + bx$.
Identifier:
http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Coll_Group_SanDiegoCommunityCollegesDevelopmentalMathExchange/AStudyofMalariaandSickleCellAnemia?bc=;Coll_Group_SanDiegoCommunityCollegesDevelopmentalMathExchange.IntermediateAlgebra;Coll_Group_SanDiegoCommunityColleg
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Creator(s):
Rosalie Dance and Mark Sandefur (Georgetown University)
Cataloger:
Bohdan Rhodehamel
Publisher:
Developmental Mathematics Collection
Rights:
CC BY-NC-SA