INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Place your pans in the oven. Bake the cake for 30 to 35 minutes. When the cakes are done, the tops should spring back up when pressed down. If you stick a fork or toothpick in center of either cake, it should come out clean. Run a knife along the side of each cake. One at a time, flip the cake tray over onto a tray or plate big enough to contain the cake.

SUMMARY: Bake both cakes 350 °F (177 °C) for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove the cakes from the trays.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The formula is a2+b2=c2{\displaystyle a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{2}}, where a{\displaystyle a} and b{\displaystyle b} equal the side lengths of a right triangle, and c{\displaystyle c} equals the length of a right triangle’s hypotenuse. You use the Pythagorean Theorem because a diagonal of a rectangle cuts the rectangle into two congruent right triangles. The length and width of the rectangle are the side lengths of the triangle; the diagonal is the hypotenuse of the triangle. These should be given, or you should be able to measure them. Make sure you are substituting for a{\displaystyle a} and b{\displaystyle b}. For example, if the width of a rectangle is 3 cm, and the length is 4 cm, your formula will look like this: 32+42=c2{\displaystyle 3^{2}+4^{2}=c^{2}}. Remember, squaring a number means to multiply the number by itself. For example:32+42=c2{\displaystyle 3^{2}+4^{2}=c^{2}}9+16=c2{\displaystyle 9+16=c^{2}}25=c2{\displaystyle 25=c^{2}} The easiest way to find a square root is to use a calculator. You can use an online calculator if you do not have a scientific calculator. This will give you the value of c{\displaystyle c}, which is the hypotenuse of the triangle, and the diagonal of the rectangle. For example:25=c2{\displaystyle 25=c^{2}}25=c2{\displaystyle {\sqrt {25}}={\sqrt {c^{2}}}}5=c{\displaystyle 5=c}So, the diagonal of a rectangle with a width of 3 cm and a length of 4 cm is 5 cm.

SUMMARY: Set up the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem. Plug the length and the width into the formula. Square the length and width, then add these numbers together. Take the square root of each side of the equation.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Choose at least one other player besides yourself to begin the game.  Play with more players for a livelier game, as more players can provide more unique questions and debate each other’s answers. If you have a very large group of people, you can even play with teams, with all the members of a team having to come to a consensus on their answers. Select the first player, who will choose a question that begins with “Would you rather…?” and provides two scenarios for another player to choose from.  Get creative with how you choose the first player if you want to. You can roll a die, go by the youngest player in the group, draw straws, or any other method.  The “Would you rather” question can pair any two funny, serious, wacky, or thought-provoking scenarios together, such as “Would your rather have hands for feet or feet for hands?” The first player asks his or her “Would you rather” question to another player of their choice, who then must answer the question. Pick one of the two scenarios you would “rather” do or have from the question asked by the current player. There are a number of different reasons you might have for answering one way or the other, but the choice is up to you!  Players might choose an answer just because it is the slightly more tolerable option of two undesirable things, like “be hairy all over” or “be completely bald all over.” Players might also choose something they would genuinely enjoy due to their preferences, or something that strikes a moral or humorous debate with the other players. No player that is asked a “Would you rather” question can answer “both” or “neither.” You must choose one of the two options given. The person that the first player asks a question to becomes the next player, choosing a new person to ask a question to.  Alternately, players may ask each question to the person beside them, or to the whole group. The latter may work best for smaller groups playing this game. Play continues until players are out of ideas for questions, someone cannot choose an answer to a question, or for however long you like.

SUMMARY:
Play with at least two players. Choose a player to go first. Choose one answer to any question you are asked. Continue asking and answering questions.