Question

Can somebody help me? I don't know what to do

Answer 1

Sketch a graph of a tidal range as a function of time, showing what you think the shape of a tidal cycle might look like for one month. On your graph, indicate where you think each phase of the moon occurs.

Answer 2

@iGreen

Answer 3

@rational

Answer 4

I know that high tides are at the full and new moon and that the low tides are at the first and third quarter moon.. I just don't know what value to put for the max and min

Answer 5

I think of trig function

Answer 6

that doesn't really help..

Answer 7

@amistre64

Answer 8

@dan815 @whpalmer4

Answer 9

@dan815 can you please come help?

Answer 10

Hi, @haydentroy!

Answer 11

hey :)

Answer 12

Can you help?

Answer 13

i honestly have no idea how i would do that

Answer 14

yeah.. nobody's helping :( oh, and I added you to a group on fb

Answer 15

@mathmate @phi

Answer 16

you first start with a graph, or at least some data to make a graph ....

Answer 17

i personally have no idea what a tidal graph would look like ... if its based on something as subjective as my own imagination .... its might as well look like y=x

Answer 18

I thought it looked like a cosine function... or sine.... I don't know which one

Answer 19

@amistre64