"I was just guessing at numbers and figures Pulling your puzzles apart" [Coldplay]
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Modeling the Motion on Cosmo Clock 21
This is Cosmo Clock 21, the giant Ferris wheel located in Minato Mirai. Its height from the
ground is 112.5 meters and it has a rotating diameter of 100 meters. It finishes one rotation
in about 15 minutes.(Source)
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A student rides on Cosmo Clock 21 for two rounds.
1.Graph this two round-ride modeling the relationship between the student’s height from
the ground with respect to time.
2. Find a cosine function that is modeling your graph in the form of y=acos(b(x-c))+d.
Show every step explaining how you find a, b, c and d. Explain each variable, including
y and x, how you find them and their meaning in the context of this problem.
3. At what times will the student be at 100 meter altitude from the ground? Explain.
4.Write a short reflection explaining the degree of your accuracy.
Justify the possible elements or factors making your model and your answer to question
3 inaccurate.
y=-50cos(2pi/15)t+62.5 {0<=t<=30}
Or y=50cos(2pi/15)(t-7.5)+62.5 {0<=t<=30}
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Sine Wave From A Cylinder
a slice through a cylinder creates an ellipse. when unrolled, it creates a sine wave pic.twitter.com/Mrl5Gcd3A4
— Matt Henderson (@matthen2) June 25, 2020
Saturday, May 16, 2020
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Problem 105: Orienteers
Two orienteers start running from the same point with bearings of 050 and 210 degrees respectively.
After 23 minutes they covered the same distances. The distance between them at this time is 9 km. What is their average speed?
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Problem 64: Rolling Rectangle
This question is moderated from Brilliant.org's Weekly quiz for this week. The original question can be reached from this link.