It's the graph of the distance of a bouncing ball relative to the floor, for exactly one bounce. The zero is the floor, and the distance is measured by how far away from the floor the ball is. It starts and ends at the bottom, so the endpoints are (0,.128) and (.731,.041). X is time, Y is distance. The max is at (.387,1.935). I know it's some type of regression, but I don't know how to determine which. (Linear, power, exponential, logistic, etc). Any help would be greatly appreciated!
2006-12-05 04:47:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Once the ball starts its upward movement, it is a body in free fall and is governed by the laws of projectiles. Their vertical motion are parabolic, so a 2nd order polynomial should work.
2006-12-05 05:18:41 · answer #1 · answered by Leonardo D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should describe a parabola, no? So, try a polynomial, 2nd order.
2006-12-05 04:57:47 · answer #2 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋