Periodic Data: a data set that repeats the same pattern over time

Handout: Periodic Data

Example 1: The percent of the face of the moon we see each night

Example 2: The Bay of Fundy tides

Example 2: Volume displacement in an engine cylinder

Example 3: Height above the ground on the London Eye Ferris Wheel

London Eye applet

Properties of sinusoidal functions

Amplitude

Period

Sinusoidal Axis

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