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Re: Math Quiz: Parabola Path

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Originally Posted by maths222 View Post
The display ones will come later.

Eq 1:
Code:
−11.547344110855*sqrt(((x^(2)+133.34115601449)/(2.*x*sqrt(x^(2)+133.34115601449)*abs(x)+x^(4)+267.68231202898*x^(2)+17779.86388728)))*sign(abs(x)+x*sqrt(x^(2)+133.34115601449))-((0.0433*(abs(x)+x*sqrt(x^(2)+133.34115601449))^(2))/(x^(2)+133.34115601449))
Eq 2:
Code:
(((11.547344110855*x*(x^(2)+133.34115601449)-11.547344110855*sqrt(x^(2)+133.34115601449)*abs(x))*sqrt(((1)/(−2.*x*sqrt(x^(2)+133.34115601449)*abs(x)+x^(4)+267.68231202898*x^(2)+17779.86388728))))/(abs(abs(x)-x*sqrt(x^(2)+133.34115601449))))-((0.0433*(abs(x)-x*sqrt(x^(2)+133.34115601449))^(2))/(x^(2)+133.34115601449))
Hmm.

Your equations differ from Ryan's by about 0.01 near x=5

Also, the x-intercept of your upper-boundary equation differs from Ryan's by about 0.03

Given the number of decimal places in your equations, I would have expected them to be closer.


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