3. An amusement park is planning a new roller coaster. Part of it is to have the shape of the cosine function. The high and low points of this part differ by 24 meters and cover a horizontal distance of 40 meters from the high point to the low point. The low point is 6 meters below ground in a tunnel. Let y repre- sent the number of meters the track is above or below ground, and let x repre- sent the number of meters the track is horizontally from the high point. a. Sketch this situation. b. The equation y = 12 cos (4.5x) + 6 models the situation when x and y are in meters and 4.5 is in degrees per meter. Rewrite y = 12 cos (4.5x) + 6 as an equation for which the coefficient of x is in radians per meter. c. What is the length of a vertical support girder at the high point? At a dis- tance of 6 meters horizontally from the high point? At a distance of 20 meters horizontally from the high point? d. Measured horizontally, how far from the high point does the roller coaster enter the tunnel?

During Ricardo noticed an ink stain with a diameter of about 3 cm on the front of his teacher’s shirt. He then noticed that there was a pen in the pocket and that the ink blot was continuing to spread across the front of the teacher’s shirt. He estimated that the diameter of the ink blot seemed to be growing by about 0.5 cm every 2 minutes. a) Write an equation for the RADIUS, r, of the ink stain, as a function of time, t. Assume that t = 0 represents the time that Ricardo first noticed the ink stain. b) Write an equation showing the AREA, A, of the ink stain as a function of the time t. (Hint: It might help to first write A as a function of r. ) c) Draw a graph of the function A(t) for 10 minutes. d) At what time is the area of the ink stain about 25 square centimeter? Show how you answer this question. (i.e. ”I found it using desmos” is not sufficient)

The water from an outdoor fountain follows a path that is shaped like a parabola. The arch created by the water is 32 inches wide and 27 inches high. If the arch were 32 inches wide but 44 inches high, how could you modify your function W to model the new arch? Explain or show your reasoning.

Please answer through typing answers out. I cannot determine/;understand cursive written solutions. Not for academic grade.