World War II Monument - Parabola Modeling

The National World War II Monument is a fitting tribute to the men and women who fought and died for our country. It is particularly beautiful at night as the following photos show. The fountains are also an excellent example to be used in mathematics as you will see if the Geogebra application below.



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Move the sliders to position the parabola over one of the fountains.

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Jerel Welker
Lincoln Southwest High School
Lincoln, NE
jwelker@lps.org

Jerel L. Welker, Created with GeoGebra