Ferris Wheel

This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students are able to: [list] [*]Model a periodic situation, the height of a person on a Ferris wheel, using trigonometric functions. [*]Interpret the constants a, b, c in the formula [math]h = a*sin(360*t/b)+c[/math] in terms of the physical situation, where h is the height of the person above the ground and t is the elapsed time [/list]

 

Yu Yan Xu

 
Tipo de Material
Atividade
Palavras-chaves
ferris  harmonic-oscillator  simple  sine-function  trig-graph  trigonometry  wheel 
Grupo alvo (idade)
14 – 18
Idioma
English
 
 
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CC-BY-SA, GeoGebra Terms of Use
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