The sine wave, the basis of Tesla electricity and surfing at Mavericks of Pillar Point
Waiting in line at a boutique coffee shop, Herb toys with an 8-inch bread twister.
Remembering his days at Stuyvesant High, he forms the twister into a sine wave.
The twister has a total length of 8 inches and forms one complete sine wave.
To six decimal places, right of the decimal, find the amplitude a of this sine wave.
(Hint: Newton’s Method of Approximations is one approach.)
First correct answer sent to [email protected] wins a Tucker’s Gift Card worth a lot of Ice Cream.
Last week’s winner was Xavier Strand with V = 100874.65905 cm 3.
Jeff Smith is a former Math teacher and a retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander. Reach him at [email protected].
