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The amusement park Empire Amusement Park is at risk of going out of business due to low ticket sales. Engineers designed a new roller coaster to increase attendance. Students must analyze the polynomial model of the roller coaster design to determine if the park should invest. They will graph the polynomial, describe the graph characteristics, relate it to the roller coaster design, and make a recommendation to the park administration.

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Coasteranalysisproject

The amusement park Empire Amusement Park is at risk of going out of business due to low ticket sales. Engineers designed a new roller coaster to increase attendance. Students must analyze the polynomial model of the roller coaster design to determine if the park should invest. They will graph the polynomial, describe the graph characteristics, relate it to the roller coaster design, and make a recommendation to the park administration.

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Names:__________________________

__________________________

Theamusementparkthatyouworkfor,
EmpireAmusementPark,isgoingtogo
outofbusinessiftheycannotincrease
theirticketsales.Theparkhiredateam
ofcivilengineerstodesignanewroller
coasterfortheparkthatwillhopefully
bringinmorecustomersthisupcoming
season.Unfortunately,noneofthe
amusementparkemployeesknowhow
tointerpretthepolynomialmodelsthat
therollercoasterdesignerspresentedfor
thedesign!
EXCEPTYOU!
Yourjobistointerpretthepolynomialmodelandassesswhetherornotyouramusementpark
shouldinvestinthecoaster.

Graphthepolynomialequation.Thexaxisrepresentsthedurationoftherollercoaster(in
minutes).Theyaxisrepresentstheheightoftherollercoaster(inhundredsoffeet).

Inordertounderstandtherollercoaster,youmustfirstunderstandyourpolynomialgraph.

Describingyourgraph:

Relatingthegraphtotherollercoaster
design:

Eachgroupmembershouldcompletetheir
ownpageofworkincluding:
CoefficientandDegreeoffunction,end
behaviorsinlimitnotationxinterceptsand
whethertheirmultiplicityisevenoroddy
interceptnumberofturningpoints
Useyourgraphtofindthefactoredformof
yourequation.Testyourequationon
Desmos.
Doyourfunctionsmatch?Ifnot,checkyour
zerosandthinkabouthowyoucouldfinda
coefficienttomakethisequationabetter
matchtoyouroriginalstandardform.

Wherewilltherollercoasterbegin?How
longisthedurationoftherollercoaster?
Whatdoyourxinterceptsrepresentinthe
coaster?
Whendoesyourrollercoasterhavedrop?
Whatisyourcoasterslargestdrop?When
doesitoccur?
Whatcanridersexpectthroughouttheride?
And,ultimately,doyoubelieveEmpire
AmusementParkshouldinvestinthisroller
coaster?Whyorwhynot?

Displayyourfinalanswersonyourposterboardwithanaccuratesketchofyourgraph.


Names:__________________________

__________________________

FinalPostershouldinclude:
Standardformofpolynomial
Factoredformofpolynomial
EndBehaviors(Usinglimitnotation)
Accuratesketchofpolynomialrollercoaster,labeledwith:
Xintercepts
Yintercept
PracticalDomainandRange(ie.Theactualdurationandheightofyour
coaster)
DurationoftheCoaster
MaximumHeightoftheRollerCoaster
Totalnumberofdropsheightoflargestdrop
Yourrecommendationtotheamusementparkaboutinvestinginthecoaster

*UseallofthisinformationtoultimatelyinformtheadministrationatEmpireAmusementPark
whytheyshouldorshouldnotinvestinthisnewcoaster.*

PolynomialCoaster
ProjectRubric

PointsPossible

Appearance&Creativity
Finalposterisneatandeasy
toreadandunderstand.

15

Mathematics
Allrequiredcalculationsare
completedandaccurate.
Appropriatenotationand
vocabularyareused.

35

RollerCoasterApplication
Allmathematicsare
accuratelydescribedwith
relationtotherollercoaster.

Studentsusetheir
mathematicstosupportwhy
theparkshouldorshould
notinvestinthecoaster.

35

GroupParticipation
PolynomialAnalysisTeam
workseffectively,
cooperatively,andontask.
OR
IndividualPresentation
Studentpresentswhyorwhy
nottheparkshouldinvestin
theirpolynomialcoaster.

15

100

PointsEarned

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