While thinking about this blog, I wondered how parabola appear in the "real world". Sure they show up when kicking a soccer ball or shooting a basketball but where else do they appear? I was thinking a lot...and I mean a lot...so I decided to take a "study break" and went straight for my phone. Once I replied to all the text messages and went through all the social media sites, I decided it wasn't time to go back to thinking about parabolas so I played a game. I was scrolling though my abundance of apps when I came across the Angry Bird game. I clicked it, considering I haven't played in a while so why not, and did not realize at the time how that game helped me think for my blog! I soon noticed that as I was hurling the bird across the screen to destroy the green pig's configuration, I was actually creating a parabola!
Math popped up when I least expected it, or wanted it, in the most fun way! So what other fun ways are parabolas included in everyday life? Well, roller coasters that go up and down, up and down have parabolas as well!
Parabolas also show up in architecture! They are in bridges, buildings and arches!
Speaking of arches, there are two unseen, and very unknown, parabolas in the very well known Golden Arches...Can you see them? 
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