Tuesday, November 30, 2010

1. To see how high the toss goes and its highest point and how far it went.
2. h=-16t^2 + v0t + h0
3. 1st throw - 23.897 2nd throw - 17.779
4. 1st throw - 0=-16t^2+23.897t+3 2nd throw - 0=-16t^2+17.779t+3
5. 1st throw - .7 seconds 2nd throw - .6 seconds
Using -b/2a where b is the velocity and a is -16
6. 1st throw - 11.9 feet 2nd throw - 7.9 feet
Using the time from the previous question in for t then solving

Friday, September 24, 2010

2001-7
2002-11
2003-10
2004-10
2005-7
2006-6
2007-6
2008-9
2009-11

y=-.033x+8.72

-.0441

Overall the hawks have been having a small amount of less wins even though they went 11-2 last season. Their wins have been all over the board so the data is not as tightly packed together and harder to interpret.

To see how a company is growing or shrinking by putting in years and income and putting in a best fit line. If the line drops it means the company is making less per year while if it is going up the company is making more per year on average.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

A function is when you put something in you get something unique out. Functions can be used to encrypt things to make them harder to understand for anyone who is not supposed to read it. It is important to know how they work because if you are on the receiving end of an encrypted message you need to no how to un-encrypt the message. You need to know this so you can understand what is being said.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Pick a number x
Add three x+3
Times by 5 5x+15
Subtract 5 5x+10
Divide by 5 x+2
Subtract Original number 2

Answer = 2