A scientist recorded the movement of a pendulum for 15 s. The scientist began recording when the pendulum was at its resting position. The pendulum then moved right (positive displacement) and left (negative displacement) several times. The pendulum’s furthest distance to either side was 7 in. The pendulum took 8 s to swing to the right and the left and then return to its resting position. (a) Write an equation to represent the displacement of the pendulum as a function of time. Show all work and explain how you determined each parameter in the equation.

(b) Graph the function that represents the pendulum’s displacement as a function of
time.

1. a driveway has a 15° grade. if the driveway is 40 meters long, how much does the driveway rise? (nearest tenth of a meter) 2. a person located 4 miles from a rocket launch site sees a rocket at an angle of elevation of 32°. at that moment, how high is the rocket above the ground? (nearest tenth of a mile) 3.an airplane approaches an airport landing strip with an angle of depression of 12°. if the airplane is flying at an altitude of 20,000 feet, find the distance on the ground that the plane will need to land. (nearest 1,000 feet) 4.two buildings are located on opposite sides of the street, 40 meters apart. the angle of elevation from the top of the shorter building to the top of the taller building is 53°. if the taller building is 300 meters tall, what is the height of the shorter building? (nearest meter) 5.george is 187 cm tall. his son, ralph, is 142 cm tall. who casts the longer shadow. george when the sun is 65° above the horizon, or ralph when the sun is 56° above the horizon? how much longer? (nearest centimeter)

In two or more complete sentences, determine the appropriate model for the given data and explain how you made your decision. (1,-1), (2,0.5), (5,1.5), (8,2)

X+y=-4 x-y=2 use elimination with adding and subtraction