Mathematics Describing the Real World: Precalculus and Trigonometry

Parametric Equations (1x31)

Air date: Jun 16, 2011

How do you model a situation involving three variables, such as a motion problem that introduces time as a third variable in addition to position and velocity? Discover that parametric equations are an efficient technique for solving such problems. In one application, you calculate whether a baseball hit at a certain angle and speed will be a home run.