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    This document discusses applications of sinusoidal functions. It explains that the period of a sinusoidal function is related to the value of b in the equation g(x) = af(b(x - c)) + d by the equation 2π/b = p. It then provides an example of modeling the height of a ferris wheel car using a sinusoidal function, determining the height at various times and when the car reaches its maximum height and speed. The total time the car is 25 meters or higher during one revolution is calculated to be approximately 35.42 seconds.

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    This document discusses applications of sinusoidal functions. It explains that the period of a sinusoidal function is related to the value of b in the equation g(x) = af(b(x - c)) + d by the equation 2π/b = p. It then provides an example of modeling the height of a ferris wheel car using a sinusoidal function, determining the height at various times and when the car reaches its maximum height and speed. The total time the car is 25 meters or higher during one revolution is calculated to be approximately 35.42 seconds.

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    This document discusses applications of sinusoidal functions. It explains that the period of a sinusoidal function is related to the value of b in the equation g(x) = af(b(x - c)) + d by the equation 2π/b = p. It then provides an example of modeling the height of a ferris wheel car using a sinusoidal function, determining the height at various times and when the car reaches its maximum height and speed. The total time the car is 25 meters or higher during one revolution is calculated to be approximately 35.42 seconds.

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    trigonometry trigonometry

    Applications of Sinusoidal Functions


    MHF4U: Advanced Functions
    Recall that the period, p, of a sinusoidal function is related
    to the value of b in g (x) = af (b(x c)) + d by the equation
    2
    b= .
    p
    This is useful for expressing sinusoidal functions in terms of
    Applications of Sinusoidal Functions other units, such as time.
    For example, imagine a dial that rotates one full turn every 5
    J. Garvin seconds.
    To model the position of the dial using a sinusoidal function,
    2
    we can use a value of b = to represent the period of 5
    5
    seconds, rather than using radians.

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    Applications of Sinusoidal Functions Applications of Sinusoidal Functions


    Example
    A ferris wheel has a diameter of 30 m, and completes one full
    revolution in 120 seconds. Riders board a car at its lowest
    point, from a platform located 1 m above the ground.
    Determine an equation to model the height, h metres, of a
    car after t seconds.

    Since the diameter of the ferris wheel is 30 m, the amplitude


    is 30
    2 = 15.
    The axis has equation y = 16, 15 m above the lowest point.
    2
    Since the period of the car is 120 seconds, b = 120 = 60 .
    Riders board at the lowest point, so to avoid a phase shift in
    the equation, use h(t) = cos(t) as a base function.

    
    Therefore, an equation is h(t) = 15 cos 60 t + 16.
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    Example
    How high is the car at 40 seconds?

    Calculate h(40) to determine its height.


    
    h(40) = 15 cos 40 60 + 16
    = 23.5

    At 40 seconds, the car is 23.5 m above the ground.

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    Example
    When is the car at its highest point, and when is its vertical
    speed the greatest?

    Since the function begins at its lowest point, the maximum


    height occurs midway between two lows. One revolution
    takes 120 seconds, so the maximum is at 120 2 = 60 seconds.
    Speed is the change in distance over the change in time, so
    its greatest speed will occur when the slope of the tangent to
    the graph is as close to vertical as possible.
    There are two such locations for each revolution, both when
    the car is horizontal with the centre of the ferris wheel.
    These two locations correspond to points on the functions
    axis. These occur at 60
    2 = 30 and 60 + 30 = 90 seconds.
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    Example The difference between the first time when the car is 25
    How long is the car 25 m or higher during one revolution? above the ground, and the time when the car is at its
    maximum height, is 60 42.29 17.71 seconds.
    To find the first time when the car is 25 m above the ground, Therefore, since the car travels from 25 m to its maximum
    substitute h(t) = 25 and solve for t. height, then back down to 25 m again, the total time will be

     twice the difference, or 2 17.71 35.42 seconds.
    25 = 15 cos 60 t + 16
    3
     Alternatively, the second time the car is 25 high can be found
    5 = cos 60 t
     using symmetry at 60 + 17.71 77.71 seconds.
    1

    60 t = cos 35
     The difference between the two times is the same,
    1
    t = 60
    cos 53 77.71 42.29 35.42 seconds.
    t 42.29

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