St. Louis Science Center Planetarium Mathematics I. or II.

Another Hyperbola

Solve the problem(s) stated below and attach any graph paper graphs or diagrams. Turn this in to your teacher for class interest. If you wish to email your work to the address below - please use your initials in place of your name. You will probably not get a return response other than a smile. For helpful suggestions link here. For resource equations or formulas related to the St. Louis Science Center Planetarium click here:

Problem: ( Print this page to work and turn in. )

is within a few inches of the correct hyperbola for the Science Center. You may use this equation in the problems of these pages if your teacher wishes.

Make four functions from this equation that you may use in a calculator or computer program.














For advanced students, graph this and the correct equation on the same graph to show your class how close the two curves come together.

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