Helix

After learning how a unit circle on the 2D x-y plane may be parameterized as (x,y)=(cos(t), sin(t)), extend the shape into a 3D helix by adding the third dimension z as a linear multiple of t.

 

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Type de ressources
Activité
Balises
parametric-curves  solids  trigonometry  unit-circle 
Tranche d'âges
3 – 19+
Langue
English
 
 
 
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