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Air Coasters
The speed of the car is related to its height above the ground (this is a function). Determine the velocity of a new "frictionless" roller coaster for three possible designs.
| Subject: Algebra Topics: - Coordinate Systems - Patterns, Relations and Functions Grades: 6 - 12 Knowledge and Skills: - Can plot a point in a two-dimensional coordinate system, given the coordinates, or determine the coordinates of a given point - Can find a “best-fit” equation as a model for a relationship, given a set of data points |
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Algebra in the Real World Movie:
Roller Coasters
The heart-pumping exhilaration keeps us coming back time and time again, but it’s the laws of the physics and a great deal of math that keep these thrill rides soaring through the air day after day.
Running time 2:00 minutes.
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