Case Details
| Case Title: | |
| Reinventing the wheel | |
| Author(s): | |
| Tammisha Butler, Atlanta Public Schools Mari Castle, Emory University | |
| Date Published: | |
| 9/15/2008 | |
| Grade Level(s): | |
| High School | |
| Subject(s): | |
| Mathematics | |
| Summary: | |
| As a person rides a Ferris wheel that is rotating at a constant rate, the distance between a person and the ground can be modeled by a sine function. The students are given the dimensions of a Ferris wheel and asked to create a sinusoidal model for its motion. | |
| Adapted from: | |
| Holt, Rinehart and Winston. (2001). Reinventing the Wheel. In Algebra 2. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | |
| Suggested Citation: | |
| Butler, T., & Castle, M. (2008). Reinventing the wheel. Retrieved November 23, 2009 from Emory University, CASES Online Web site: http://www.cse.emory.edu/cases/casedisplay.cfm?case_id=2303 | |
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