# When are we ever going to use this?

This is the content for Friday, April 17, 2026.

## Covered in this lecture

- Connecting the optimization techniques to real world problems.

## Todos

### Before class

- None

### In class

- You will get to choose your own group of 3-4 people for the in-class activity.  
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- [Optimzation Tasks](TaskList.md)
- [Direct link to slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-DWjPt7Sl1XEhxmY1jjX_f3IXjGl-wjx1gNiaYcijB0/edit?usp=sharing)

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- [Worksheet](WS/Lec11_1-WS.md) -->

### After class

- No crowdmark, you will get today's in-class grade based on participation in the activity.
- [HW6](../../homework/HW6/HW6.ipynb) is due TONIGHT on Crowdmark.

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