Practical uses for Trigonometry
This project helps to put the real life application of Trigonometry into perspective. Almost everyday we are influenced by it in some way or another, consider the shocks on your car, a spring, required to support the weight of the car and be able to rebound quick enough when going over bumps. Car rides are very bumpy without them, or with bad shocks. The amplitude, period and phase shifts would effect how the spring or system operated.
I’ve always known math has applications in everything we do, or why else would we do it? It gives me better perspective on how much is actually going into the simple things we take for granted each day. As I’ve learned more about trigonometry I can see its influence and importance in a lot of things from new technology in cars, to something as simple as a trampoline. This project further strengthened by knowledge of the applications of math.
