Melinda's Juggling Parabola Page

MY JUGGLING PARABOLA

To get my juggling arc, I first had someone measure the height and width of my toss as I juggled.

I found that I juggle 19 inches wide by 18 inches high.

I then made a diagram of my juggling arc and cut it out.

This table and graph gives the shape of my parabola:

y = (-18/9.5²) x² + 18

A Juggling Parabola Table And Graph

From here I wanted to find the length of my parabola's arc.

For more information and ideas about working with parabola toss patterns of other dimensions you may link to a page written by one of the following math artists: Danielle, Darlene, Kellie, Jill, Nanyal, Kevin, Crystal, Rachel, Christina, Jennifer, Candice, Vincent Esther and Melinda. Most of us are in this picture but not in order of names.