Hyperbolas
A sonic boom is the sound that showkwaves make when an object goes faster than the speen of sound, which is also known as Mach 1. The speed of sound at sealevel is 340.29 meters per second, so it can only be broken by things like supersonic jets and supersonic bullets. There is an exeption thought. In 2012, Felix Baumgartner became the first man to break the sound barrier while freefalling from the edge of space. He jumped from a baloon 24 miles above the surface of the Earth, and reached a speed of 824 mph.
The sonic boom is an example of hyperbolas because as the shockwaves travel, they create the porabola shape.
A hyperbola revolving around its axis forms a surface called a hyperbolid. This hyperbolid has a shape that fron every side andgle view, you can clearly see the shape of the hyperbola. This shape is very commonly seen with the cooling towers of power plants and is also demonstrated on this building, the James S. McDonnell Planetarium at the St. Louis Science Center.
