The Great Bouncing Ball Experiment

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The Great Bouncing Ball Experiment
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So Far, all of our work on graphs has been
directed towards linear relationships.y mx b
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Linear relationships represent only a small (but
important) part of the overall topic of
modeling.There are numerous other models you
will study in your high school career
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The Quadratic
E mc2
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The Cubic
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The Quintic
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Periodic Functions
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Cardioid
Four Leaf
Lemicon
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Mobius Transformation
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A bouncing ball provides and excellent
illustration of a non-linear relationship.
Our work with non-Linear Relationships will be
limited to observation and recognition
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Copy and complete the chart below
 
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Average of 3 trials
Height (cm) (no decimals)
Initial Height NA NA NA
Height after 1 bounce
Height after 2 bounces
Height after 3 bounces
Height after 4 bounces
Height after 5 bounces
Height after 6 bounces
205
178
173
171
174
155
151
154
160
 
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Copy and complete the chart below
 
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Average of 3 trials
Height (cm) (no decimals)
Initial Height NA NA NA
Height after 1 bounce
Height after 2 bounces
Height after 3 bounces
Height after 4 bounces
Height after 5 bounces
Height after 6 bounces
 
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• Draw a graph of Height VS Number of Bounces

H
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
B
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Copy and complete the chart below
 
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Average of 3 trials
Height (cm)
Start Height (0) NA NA NA
Height after 1 bounce
Height after 2 bounces
Height after 3 bounces
Height after 4 bounces
Height after 5 bounces
Height after 6 bounces
205
178
173
171
174
155
151
154
160
 
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Questions

• 1. How would the graph change if you used a
  bowling ball?
• 2. How would the graph change if you threw the
  ball down as hard as you could instead of dropped
  it.
• 3. How would the graph change if you did the
  experiment on the moon?

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• Hand in the completed graph and answered
  questions once you finish.