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The document describes three situations of harmonic motion: 1) A buoy bobbing up and down in the ocean, reaching its high point every 10 seconds and moving 3.6 feet between its high and low points. 2) An ant sitting on the inside of a bicycle wheel, reaching its highest point every 1.2 seconds as the wheel makes a full revolution every 1.6 seconds. 3) A person bouncing on a trampoline, reaching their peak height of 11 feet every 3 seconds from a starting height of 4 feet off the ground.

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Trig Graphs Problem Solvinmg

The document describes three situations of harmonic motion: 1) A buoy bobbing up and down in the ocean, reaching its high point every 10 seconds and moving 3.6 feet between its high and low points. 2) An ant sitting on the inside of a bicycle wheel, reaching its highest point every 1.2 seconds as the wheel makes a full revolution every 1.6 seconds. 3) A person bouncing on a trampoline, reaching their peak height of 11 feet every 3 seconds from a starting height of 4 feet off the ground.

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5. A buoy in the ocean is bobbing up and down in harmonic motion.

At time = 2
seconds, the buoy is at its high point and returns to that high point every 10
seconds. The buoy moves a distance from 3.6 feet from its high point to its low
point. (hint: you decide what height represents sea level without the waves and
continue accordingly). Construct an equation that describes this motion and
sketch it.
a) How high is the buoy at time = 30 seconds? Is it rising or falling at that time?
b) How many times in the 2 minutes will the buoy be at sea level?
6. The inside of a bicycle wheel whose diameter is 25 inches is 3 inches off the
ground. An ant is sitting on the inside of the wheel. Steve starts riding the
bicycle at a steady rate. In 1.2 seconds the ant reaches its highest point on the
wheel. The wheel makes a revolution every 1.6 seconds. Find the equation that
describes the motion of the ant and sketch it.
a) What will be the height of the ant 25 seconds into the ride?
b) Within the first 10 seconds, how many times will the ant be at its starting
height?
7. John is bouncing up and down on a trampoline which is 4 feet off the ground.
The highest he gets off the trampoline is 11 feet which he reaches in 2 seconds.
He completes a bounce every 3 seconds. Find the equation that describes this
motion and sketch it.
a) In 45 seconds, what will be his height? Is he going up or down at this time?
b) Within the first 45 seconds, how many times does he reach his peak?

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