Parametric Equations

Assignment # _____

Learning Check #2
Follow-Up
Name ________________________
Date _____________ Hour ____

1. Jack wanted to play a joke on his older brother and decided to throw a water balloon out of a
window as his brother walked in the front door. Jack was 20 feet off the ground and threw
the balloon at a velocity of 35 ft/sec.
a. Jacks brother is 5 feet tall. Find the velocity of the balloon as it hits his brother on
the head. Show all work. (Goals 1, 2)
b. Find the height of the balloon when it reaches a velocity of 44 ft/sec. (Goals 1, 2)
2. Lets look at the graph & properties for the situation in #1
a. Define parametric relationships
b. Show the graphs for h(t), v(t), h(v), and v(h)
c. Show how to see the answers for #1 on the h(v) and v(h) graphs
d. Find the domain & range (do this first considering the context & then generalized
where you ignore the context)

Parametric Equations

Assignment # _____

Learning Check #2
Follow-Up
Name ________________________
Date _____________ Hour ____

1. Jack wanted to play a joke on his older brother and decided to throw a water balloon out of a
window as his brother walked in the front door. Jack was 20 feet off the ground and threw
the balloon at a velocity of 35 ft/sec.
a. Jacks brother is 5 feet tall. Find the velocity of the balloon as it hits his brother on
the head. Show all work. (Goals 1, 2)
b. Find the height of the balloon when it reaches a velocity of 44 ft/sec. (Goals 1, 2)
c.
2. Lets look at the graph & properties for the situation in #1
a. Define parametric relationships
b. Show the graphs for h(t), v(t), h(v), and v(h)
c. Show how to see the answers for #1 on the h(v) and v(h) graphs
d. Find the domain & range (do this first considering the context & then generalized
where you ignore the context)

3. #2 on your Learning Check gives a situation about rabbits & foxes. These are the functions
it shows that model each population


Rabbits: R (t ) 500 sin t 1000
Foxes: F (t ) 50 sin t 150
6

Suppose this area now has 180 foxes. How many rabbits can we predict in the area? (Show
how to answer this question symbolically, using the rules)
4. Use the graphs from #3 on your Learning Check to answer the following questions
a. Where are the x-intercepts on the parametric (x-y) graph?
b. Where does the parametric (x-y) graph turn horizontally?

3. #2 on your Learning Check gives a situation about rabbits & foxes. These are the functions
it shows that model each population


Rabbits: R (t ) 500 sin t 1000
Foxes: F (t ) 50 sin t 150
6

Suppose this area now has 180 foxes. How many rabbits can we predict in the area? (Show
how to answer this question symbolically, using the rules)
4. Use the graphs from #3 on your Learning Check to answer the following questions
a. Where are the x-intercepts on the parametric (x-y) graph?
b. Where does the parametric (x-y) graph turn horizontally?