Bulletin board by Brooks Trump

Parabolas and Snowboarding

brookstrump — 2024-02-21 00:38:53 UTC

Sports. Lucas Kane. https://static.livebooks.com/ab8af6bec48340dcb866423aeacc1436/i/dae3e6c52e184a73ac27fbb040d5492d/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS/13_0_214_1seq01_jonasEmery_pete.jpg.

Can you change the equation in the DESMOS activity the get the parabola to pair up with the jump trajectory of the snowboarder?

Parabolas and Rocket Ships

brookstrump — 2024-02-21 01:43:14 UTC

A Dreamy Country Colony Lander Spacex 01 by Domynixx. https://www.deviantart.com/domynixx/art/A-Dreamy-Country-Colony-Lander-Spacex-01-1001850017.

Parabolas and Golf Shots

brookstrump — 2024-02-21 01:47:02 UTC

Parabola in sport and golf by Daniel Mentrard. https://www.geogebra.org/m/gpbrjjxx.

Moving Arch and Width can help for a better shot.

Parabolas in Architecture

brookstrump — 2024-02-21 01:54:26 UTC

Train station parabola roof in Liège by Jan Honvehlmann. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Train_station_parabola_roof_in_Liège,_October_2014.jpg.

What Are Quadratic Graphs?

brookstrump — 2024-02-21 02:07:45 UTC

GCSE Maths - What are Quadratic Graphs? #76 by Cognito. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia51_eXDAQ0.

Parabolas and Boomerangs

brookstrump — 2024-02-21 02:16:31 UTC

Durrer, R., Apunevych, S., and Novosyadlyj, B. (December 2008). Acoustic Peaks and Dips in the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum:

Observational Data and Cosmological Constraints. The Astrophysical Journal.

Skim over the article. Even thought there are some things you've never seen before and words you do not understand yet, look at the graphs depicting the arches of boomerangs.

Parabolas in Bridges

brookstrump — 2024-02-21 02:29:04 UTC

Victoria Falls Bridge‎, Zambia-Zimbabwe by Diego Delso. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls_Bridge#/media/File:Puente_de_las_cataratas_Victoria,_Zambia-Zimbabue,_2018-07-27,_DD_10.jpg. File: Puente de las cataratas Victoria, Zambia-Zimbabue, 2018-07-27, DD 10.jpg.

Parabolas and Investing

brookstrump — 2024-02-21 02:33:58 UTC

Nabil, M. (Feb 16, 2023). Risks and Risk Management in Derivatives Trading. https://medium.com/@madali.nabil97/risks-and-risk-management-in-derivatives-trading-147c3a8a58ac

Can you spot parabolic trends and make predictions?

Parabolas and Technology

brookstrump — 2024-02-21 02:38:51 UTC

NHK_Broadcasting_Center_Parabola_antenna by “CoCodoko”file. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/NHK_Broadcasting_Center_Parabola_antenna_1.jpg. NHK_Broadcasting_Center Shibuya, Tokyo June 23 2007.

Mathematical History

brookstrump — 2024-02-21 02:45:14 UTC

Mark, J. J. (March 11, 2022). Archimedes. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/Archimedes/.