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1) Now is your chance to find examples of sinusoids. Come up with some examples of natural or man-made phenomena that repeat at predictable intervals.

Search the Internet to find descriptions, and post the link as well as your analysis of why the behavior is periodic. You do not have to find an equation or write one. Examples already given in the lessons for this unit are off limits, so look for something new.

As you ride a ferris wheel, your distance from the ground varies sinusoidally with time. When the last passenger boards the ferris wheel and the ride starts moving, let your position be modeled by the diagram provided.

2) Let t be the number of seconds that have elapsed since you began moving. It takes you 5 seconds to reach the top of the wheel (38 feet above the ground) and 20 seconds to make a complete revolution. The diameter of the wheel is 30 feet.

Work with your classmates to answer the following questions:

What is the lowest you go as the ferris wheel turns?

Why is this number always greater than zero?

Write the equation of a sinusoid that describes this motion.

Predict your height above the ground when t = 3, t = 8, t = 15, and t = 19.

Simple harmonic motion such as that of a pendulum or a weight attached to a spring results in a sinusoidal relationship between position and time.

The angle will be formed after t time of the starting of the motion.

θ = wt = 2πt/20 = πt/10

Radius of the wheel = 30/2 = 15 feet

Distance from the ground = (15 - 15cosθ) + 8 = (15 - 15cosπt/10) + 8

= 23 - 15cos(πt/10)

As we know the minimum value of the cos is -1

-1 ≤ cos(πt/10) ≤ 1

8 ≤ 23 - 15cos(πt/10) ≤ 38

The lowest distance = 8 feet

It should be always greater than zero as the lowest point of what should be above the ground.

d = 23 - 15cos(πt/10)

Plug t = 3 in the above equation:

d(3) = 14.18 feet

For t = 8

d(8) = 35.13 feet

For t = 15

d(15) = 23 feet

For t = 19

d(19) = 8.73 feet

Thus, the lowest distance is 8 feet, and the lowest point of what should be above the ground and the equation is d = 23 - 15cos(πt/10).

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