FEU HIGH SCHOOL

Nicanor Reyes Street, Sampaloc, Manila

PRE-CALCULUS
S.Y. 2022-2023
Unit 1 Performance Task
“ROLLER COASTER DESIGN-MAKING”
Guide Questions

Based on the observations and data from the activity, answer the following guide questions.
1. Which types of equations were used in creating your roller coaster design? How are these equations essential
in making your blueprint?

= Our group used types of equations such as exponential equation, linear equations etc. And the reason why
these equations are essential in making our blueprint is because these equations provide or function as parts
or having a specific place in the Desmos graph, making us help adjust the line segments, curved lines, circles,
parabolas with ease, and many more in making a roller coaster.

2. List down 5 consecutive parabolic equations that have been used in the design. Include the type of opening
and the endpoints of the interval of each equation. Which equations are connected through their endpoints?
What are the factors that help you in connecting their endpoints?
Equation Vertex Focus Directrix
(x-1)^2=6 (y-0.3)
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3. How does changing the constant a, h and k in and affect the graph
of the parabola? Justify your answer.

=you can change its position in the x axis either left or right by adjusting the value of (h), and you can move
it either up or right in the y axis by increasing or decreasing the value of (k)

4. What are the advantages/disadvantages of your roller coaster design model to the beneficiaries of the design?
How are these helpful to future engineers and architects in creating their own projects for their chosen field
of specialization?
= The disadvantages for our roller coaster model design to engineers and architects is that it lacks foundation,
building dimensions and construction materials. Which makes it hard for our future engineers and architects