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Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications

Product ID: 5612
Supplementary Print
High School

Spheres and Satellites (HiMAP)

Author: William B. Martin


Students use graphing calculators to discover amazing geometric facts about our backyards, our world, and beyond. HiMAP Module 12.

HiMAP library now available on CD-ROM product no. 7593

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND, UNITS, AND SOME PHYSICS

SECTION 1: SPHERE PROBLEMS

SECTION 2: VISUAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SPHERES

SECTION 3: GRAVITY AND ORBITAL VELOCITY

SECTION 4: NON-CIRCULAR ORBITS

APPENDIX: TABLES OF CONVERSION FACTORS

SUGGESTED READING

©1988 by COMAP, Inc.
HiMAP
66 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Algebra , Geometry , Precalculus & Trigonometry

Application Areas:

Architecture & Design , Engineering & Construction

Prerequisites:

Elementary right triangle trigonometry

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