Suppose a person boards at the bottom of a Ferris Wheel and rides around for seconds. See the graph below.
At bottom left is a diagram of the Ferris Wheel, where the triangle shows the position of rider. Using the sliders at right, you can adjust things like:
- the wheel’s radius
- the height of the loading platform (which moves the wheel up or down)
- the period of the wheel.
The graph above shows the rider’s height above the ground (in meters) as they ride on the wheel for seconds.
- For a person riding a Ferris Wheel, what causes a vertical stretch for the graph?
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- What causes a vertical shift for the graph?
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- What causes a horizontal stretch for the graph?
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