Ferris Wheel part 2
- Author:
- dapike
- Topic:
- Cosine, Geometric Transformations
Use this program to model how the movement of a car around a Ferris Wheel is related to the transformation of a cosine graph.
Click on the New Ferris Wheel button, then hit play in the button left corner to watch the car move around the Ferris Wheel. Using what you know about how the height of a car on the Ferris Wheel and the equation y=acos(bx) + d, find the parameters a, b, and d that model this movement around the Ferris Wheel. To clear the graph hit the Clear Trace button.