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ERIC Number: EJ582593
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
The Scrambler, or a Family of Vectors at the Amusement Park.
McMullin, Lin
Mathematics Teacher, v92 n1 p64-69 Jan 1999
Uses vectors and programming with graphing calculators to analyze a ride in an amusement park (the "Scrambler") that has three long arms that revolve horizontally around a central post, at the end of which hang seats revolving in circles. (ASK)
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, High Schools, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Programming, Vectors (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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