Not sure if this qualifies as advanced math, but I'm not sure how to approach this problem.
I use the standard formula:
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- y = ax^2 + bx + c where x<= 0, c=0, y>=0, b=0
- so it can be simplified to y = ax^2
Now I create a second parabola in the same quadrant. The x values for both are always the same (x represents time), but the Y value for parabola 2 is based on the Y value of Parabola 1.
so I came up with the following:
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- Y1 = ax^2
- Y2 = Y1 + ((Y1)(constant1) + ((a(x-1)^2)*constant2) + Constant3
My question is:
1 is this mathematically correct,
2 is there a better way of doing this
3 I find the difference between Y1 and Y2 for a given X, at the moment I just go Y2(x-1) - Y1(x), is it possible to do this with just one graph (I doubt this as Y2 relies on Y1, but maybe one of you guys knows some awesome way of doing this)
Thanks in advance