COTABATO CITY INSTITUTE

Cotabato City, Philippines

Name: Julius Miguel C. Gonzales Date: 11/4/2020

1. A radio telescope has a parabolic dish with a diameter of 100 meters. The collected radio
signals are reflected to one collection point, called the "focal" point, being the focus of
the parabola. If the focal length is 45 meters, find the depth of the dish.

2. Satellites can be put into elliptical orbits if they need only sometimes to be in high- or
low-earth orbit, thus avoiding the need for propulsion and navigation in low-earth orbit
and the expense of launching into high-earth orbit. Suppose a satellite is in an elliptical
orbit, with a = 4420 and b = 4416, and with the center of the Earth being at one of the
foci of the ellipse. Assuming the Earth has a radius of about 3960 miles, find the lowest
and highest altitudes of the satellite above the Earth.

3. The tower stands 179.6 meters tall. The diameter of the top is 72 meters. At their closest,
the sides of the tower are 60 meters apart. Find the equation of the hyperbola that models
the sides of the cooling tower. Assume that the center of the hyperbola indicated by the
intersection of dashed perpendicular lines in the figure is the origin of the coordinate
plane.

4. Let’s say you are a gardener, and you have just planted a lot of flowers that you want to
water. The flower bed is 15 feet wide, and 15 feet long. You are using a circular
sprinkler system, and the water reaches 6 feet out from the center. The sprinkler is
located, from the bottom left corner of the bed, 7 feet up, and 6 feet over.
 If the flower bed was a graph with the bottom left corner being the origin,
what would the equation of the circle be?

Name: Julius Miguel C. Gonzales Date:11/4/2020

Section: Grade 11

Math Journal
In mathematics, a conic section is a curve obtained as the intersection of the
surface of a cone with a plane. Contrary to common belief, there are only 3 types of conic
sections. They are the hyperbola, the parabola and the ellipse. On the other hand, the
circle is just a special case of ellipse. The conic sections have been studied by many
including the Great Greek mathematicians. But conic sections are not just used in
mathematics. We don’t even know that we encounter them in our life. They’re even used
in different fields just like in architecture, engineering, medicine, and other fields while
hiding in plain sight.
The artwork focused on this very idea. Its design stemmed from real architecture,
the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. France’s most famous landmark referred to simply
as Notre-Dame. The cathedral was consecrated to the Virgin Mary and considered to be
one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. The 4 different sections of the
Notre-Dame Cathedral illustrated the 4 different individual architectural applications of
all conic sections.
The rose windows, restored by one of France's most famous architects, is a
perfect example and application of the circle. Notre-Dame's stained rose windows are an
important and beautiful work of 13th-century Gothic art. The circle’s symmetry and
structural integrity provided the best platform for the fragile glass both from a practical
and artistic perspective. On the other hand, the nave bays captured the concept of the
parabola. Its parabolic shape is considered such a sturdy structure because of its natural
oval shape. Both ends are mounted in a fixed bearing while the arch has a uniformly
distributed load. This design is common among Gothic architecture. The columns, also
common in Gothic building, contains an elliptical shape within its interior. The architects
of Notre Dame and other famous cathedrals used columns along with flying buttresses to
transmit the weight of all that stone outward and downward into the massive, deep-set
foundations, ensuring its stability. The final conic section lies in rib vaults along the
hyperbolic ceiling arches. Ribbed vaults were used by Gothic architects to give the
buildings flexibility in roof and wall engineering. These vaults were easier to construct
when comparing them to the barrel vault. They were also stronger and more flexible.
Moreover, the vault was lighter, easier to build, economical and more enduring.
All conic sections are also present in the cleverly painted hourglass, symbolizing
time or rather the absence of it. You see, while undergoing renovation and restoration, the
roof of Notre-Dame caught fire on the evening of 15 April 2019. Burning for around 15
hours, the cathedral sustained serious damage. This was beautifully encapsulated in the
hourglass’s center structure. Firefighters were running out of time trying to save the
Notre-Dame. And as water and time drained into the night, they managed to put the fire
under control just before dawn. This was represented by the remaining water on the upper
part of the hourglass along with the sky’s stained red color, symbolizing fire. All in all,
the artwork displayed the same message that the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris had
been conveying for centuries. Human ingenuity, like conic sections, can be both useful
and beautiful at the same time. The raw pencil drawing and watercolor styling not only
explained the conics. It also portrayed the engineering marvel and art masterpiece of
Notre-Dame.