Simon’s Sine Wave Tool

Simon came up with a tool (a circle where you install a pencil) to draw curved lines. He explains how the curved line actually draws the absolute value of the Sine function sin(x). “Because an absolute value of x is square root of x squared, that means that all negative values cancel out”, says Simon, that’s why the wave looks spiky.

Simon’s tool should probably be improved by making it from thicker material like thick cardboard.

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