Culminating assignement
INSTRUCTIONS – USING GOOGLE TRENDS AND DESMOS
The following instructions can also be found at this video link: https://youtu.be/yyskaUPz-X4
1. Think of an example of a real-world “search-term” that would produce an “interest over time” graph that includes as many functions that you have learned about in this course as possible. Possible functions include but are not limited to exponential growth, exponential decay, sinusoidal functions, etc. (see figure above)
2. Type your chosen search-term in the search bar. Press enter and view the graph that is generated. You may need to adjust the scale on the x-axis to obtain a more interesting graph depending on your chosen search-term.
3. Once you are satisfied with your graph, take a screen shot.
4. Insert your screenshot into Desmos (https://www.desmos.com/calculator) using the insert menu (shown below in the image on the right).
5. Reposition your image in such a way that makes sense (ie. if your function has a horizontal asymptote, have it sit on y=0 as show below). For the graph shown below, the scale is set so that the maximum occurs at 5 units on the Desmos grid.
