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    he did on earth, why they were so special if they did not have any background in theology and Jesus was practicing theology since he was 12, besides in the bible sometimes was noticeable the frustration of God when he was preaching and teaching parabolas and they could not understand him. 13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? (Mark…

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    to preserve the Greek mathematical and astronomical heritage which was credited with commentaries on Apollonius of Pergas conics which was geometry. While editing the work on the conics of Apollonius, it helped to develop the ideas of hyperbolas, parabolas, and ellipses. She also credited with commentaries on Diophantus of Alexandria’s arithmetic which was the number of…

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    Angry Bird Case Study

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    I have been asked by Rovio to develop a couple of levels for the game angry birds. They gave me eight levels that I should find the path that the birds need to fly in order to hit the pigs. The first thing I did was that the A for every quadratic equation should be negative because that’s how angry birds fly. The first four questions were very similar because they gave me the x intercepts. I used the intercept form to solve these four questions because I already had the x intercepts and if I…

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    Hypatia Essay

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    Hypatia wrote as well a commentary on "The Conics of Apollonius", which included Ptolemy's numerous observations of the stars. This commentary also included dividing cones into different parts by a plane, which led to developing the concepts of parabola, hyperbola and ellipse. She is known for writing "The Astronomical Canon". Hypatia worked with her father on commentary of Book III of the Almagest as a note of her father (Theon) says. Most of her writings were meant to be used as text books to…

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    the air, however, depending on the force of gravity, which causes it to move down toward Earth. It is also depending on the force of air resistance, which slows the projectile down. When air resistance is low, a projectile moves in the shape of a parabola. The path the ball follows is called its trajectory will determine how far it goes before it hits the ground. That's how the baseball…

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    position and velocity equations. For a whole year, I never associated the two in the problem of bungee drop. Recently, I got to graph the position of the falling weight, and found that the shape of the graph resembled a parabola. Then I realized that the lowest point of the parabola was where the velocity was zero, and also the point in which the weight stopped above the ground. Theoretically, if I took the…

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    only one that survives today genus Carcharodon. White sharks are characterized by fusiform body and robust in contrast to flattened shapes that often look other sharks. The snout is conical short and thick. The mouth is big and rounded shaped arc or parabola. Always remain ajar revealing at least one row of teeth in the upper jaw and one or two of the bottom as the water enters it and leaves the gills continuously If this flow to stop the shark gill drown because they lack the right step to…

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    Hawaii Volcano Formation

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    Subject of study: The subject of study is the formation of the Hawaiian archipelago. The island chain is comprised of a string of volcanic islands, seamounts of igneous rock of which the largest, Hawaii, reaches from its base on the ocean floor to rise above the ocean to rival the height of the tallest mountain, Mt. Everest. The smaller and extinct volcanos of the Hawaiian chain are located at successively greater distances from the currently active volcano and younger, Kilauea on the largest…

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    Why Should Students Learn Algebra 2? Students ask all the time why they should know the topics they learn in Algebra 2. Little do they know many jobs out there are using these topics all the time. Even outside of jobs people are using Algebra, whether it is in their kitchen or someplace else. Whether students are planning on going to college or not, Algebra 2 prepares them for the math they will be expected to know. Knowing Algebra will make everything much easier for students in their future;…

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    Literacy Initiative Essay

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    Literacy Initiative Assignment Space travel is currently and will continue to be the pinnacle of man’s scientific and technological achievement. Born out of countless hours of chalkboard math and innumerable successes and failures, space flight is truly amazing. So far, the high point of our space travel is the International Space Station, or the ISS. This space station is continually maintained through the hardworking men and women of NASA and Roscosmos, from The United States and Russia,…

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