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GeorgiaContentStandards:
MGSE912.G.SRT.6Understandthatbysimilarity,sideratios
inrighttrianglesarepropertiesoftheanglesinthetriangle,
leadingtodefinitionsoftrigonometricratiosforacuteangles.
MGSE912.G.SRT.7Explainandusetherelationshipbetween
thesineandcosineofcomplementaryangles.
MGSE912.G.SRT.8UsetrigonometricratiosandthePythagorean
Theoremtosolverighttrianglesinappliedproblems.
NationalISTEStandards:
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Studentsusetechnologytoseekfeedbackthatinformsand
improvestheirpracticeandtodemonstratetheirlearningina
varietyofways..
5b.ComputationalThinker
Studentscollectdataoridentifyrelevantdatasets,usedigital
UseyourSmartNotebookprogramtocontribute.
toolstoanalyzethem,andrepresentdatainvariouswaysto
facilitateproblemsolvinganddecisionmaking.

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s p ut itall Howabout Person1:

Let' er!
Selectapen,drawa
righttriangle,andlabel

togeth someartwork? threeparts(angles,

sidesorratios)

Match'EmUp! MagicInk!

AngleA:
AngleB:
AngleC:
Sidea:
Sideb:
Sidec:
sin:
cos:
tan:

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Let's get High-tech ! But what about

GeoGebra

the real world?

Cometotheboard,grabamagicinkpenandlet'sworkitout.

Now,usingGeoGebraontheInteractiveWhiteBoard,let'smakeupour
owntrianglesandfindtheirratios.

AngleA: sin: cos: tan: cot:

AngleB: sin: cos: tan: cot: Apainterisworkingonahouse.Hehasatenfootladder
AngleC: sin: cos: tan: cot: andforsafetyreasonshecannotsettheladdermorethan
60degrees.Howfarfromthebaseofthebuildingwill
thebottomofhisladderrest?

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But what about But what about

the real world? the real world?
Cometotheboard,grabamagicinkpenandlet'sworkitout. Cometotheboard,grabamagicinkpenandlet'sworkitout.

Anairplaneisapproachinganairportfrom850feetaway
Apedestrianislookingatalightastheycrossthe
atanelevationof400ft.Thepilotneedstheangleof
road.Fromthepicture,ifthelightisattheedgeofthe
elevationtodeterminethelandingapproach.Astheco
road,howfaristhepedestrianfromthelight?
pilot,whatwouldyoutellthepilot?

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But what about

the real world?
Cometotheboard,grabamagicinkpenandlet'sworkitout.

Asailboatisoutasseaandusesalighthouseasa
guide.Thelighthouseis84fthighfromgroundlevel.
Seelevelis50feetbelowgroundlevel.Withanangle
ofelevationofsixdegrees,howfarouttoseaisthe
sailboatfromthemiddleofthelighthouse?

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