In this activity, students will identify the use of parabola in real world situation.Students will discuss and compare the design on the photo and their parabola. Each group will comments on other groups’ findings, discuss if their parabola best represent the design on their photo.
The radio telescope near Parks in central west NSW is 64m in diameter, and it is a good example of a parabolic design. The equation for this parabolic dish is y=x^2/108.
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