More Parabolic Patterns
This is another inverse problem. If you were given the equations and asked to draw the graphs then graphing software would do the work for you. This challenge is posed the opposite way round. You have to use mathematical reasoning to deduce the equations of the graphs in the illustration. Then you can use graphing software to check to see if your reasoning was correct.
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Sine Problem
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Parabolic Patterns
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