1) Did you know that your favourite games such as mario and angry birds actually get you to calculate parabolas in your head for when mario jumps and the angle you launch your angry bird 2) If you cut a parabola in half from the axis of symetry it will be perfectly symetrical 3) Parabola is derived from a greek word meaning exact application 4) Menaechmus is credited with discovering that the parabola is a conic section 5) The parabola shape is actually very strong and that is one of the reasons you see it on suspenstoion bridges because it can support a lot of tension and stress
Questions!!!
1) What are some of the parabolas you see or use in your everyday life? 2) Why do you think parabolas are pulled down when they reach their maximum in real life? 3) What are some uses of a parabola 4) How or Why did the human race discover parabolas