math 163 project

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Project Write Up

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***Must use PowerPoint Presentation or any other software that is appropriate for presentations.

*** Between 6 -10 slides

***Be creative J

*** Audio portion of the presentation must be added to the presentation ( not a separate file)

PowerPoint Presentation should include:

Title page (Create a Title, graphic or design as background related to your title)- 1 slide

Introduction ( Minimum of 5 sentences)- 1 slide

Body (labeled tables and graphs, critical steps and final answers must be shown)- 3 to 7 slides

Conclusion (summarize your findings in a paragraph)- 1 slide

Grade (out of 100 points)

10 points for Title page

10 points for Introduction

50 points for Body

20 points for Conclusion

10 points for quality/creativity (animations, visually appealing, quality of presentation, sentence structure etc..)

Project A

A ball is thrown upward and its height measured at 0.5-second intervals using a strobe light.The resulting data are given in the table.

1.Draw a scatter plot of the data.

2.Examine the shape of the scatter plot in #1, what degree polynomial is appropriate for modeling the data? Explain your reasoning.

3.Using your graphing utility ( best fit function), find a polynomial function that models the data.

4.Provide a graph of the function found in # 3

5.Using your polynomial function in #4, calculate the maximum height attained by the ball?

6.Using your polynomial function #4, calculate the time at which the ball hits the ground.

7.What is the appropriate domain and range of this model? Explain the meaning of domain and range using the information provided in this problem.

Time (s) Height (ft)

0 4.2

0.5 26.1

1.0 40.1

1.5 46.0

2.0 43.9

2.5 33.7

3.0 15.8

need to show on presentation