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Create a Triangle with Given Area: Quick Formative Assessment

Quick (Silent) Demo

Messing With Lisa

Note: LARGE POINTS are MOVEABLE.

Midsegments

Practice: Pythagorean Theorem (1)

Equation & Graph of a Circle

The following applet was designed to help you see the relationship between the equation of a circle and its graph. [br]Adjust the sliders "h", "k", and "r" (one at at time), and observe what happens to the graph and equation after altering each one. [br]Answer the questions below.
Questions:[br][br]1) What does the parameter "[color=#0a971e]h[/color]" in the equation of a circle tell you about the [i]graph of the circle itself[/i]? [br]2) What does the parameter "[color=#1551b5]k[/color]" in the equation of a circle tell you about the [i]graph of the circle itself[/i]? [br]3) What does the parameter "[color=#c51414]r[/color]" in the equation of a circle tell you about the [i]graph of the circle itself[/i]? [br]4) How is the value of "[color=#c51414]r[/color]" made evident in the equation?

What "CO" in COsine Means

[color=#000000]Take a few minutes to interact with the applet below.[br]Then, answer the questions that follow. [/color]
[color=#000000]In the right triangle above, what is the relationship between the [b][color=#1e84cc]blue angle[/color][/b] and [b][color=#ff00ff]pink angle[/color][/b]? [br](What vocabulary term/adjective describes the relationship between these 2 angles?) [/color]
[color=#000000]Fill in the blank with the correct word: [br][br]The _____________ of the [b][color=#1e84cc]blue angle[/color][/b] is the [b][color=#6aa84f]percentage displayed. [/color][/b][/color]
[color=#000000]Fill in the blank with the correct word: [br][br]The ___________________ of the [b][color=#ff00ff]pink angle[/color][/b] is the [b][color=#6aa84f]percentage displayed. [/color][/b][/color]
[color=#000000]Thus, we can conclude that if 2 angles are ______________________ (see your answer to (1)), then the __________ of [b][color=#1e84cc]one angle[/color][/b] is equal to the ____________________ of its [b][color=#ff00ff]___________________ [/color][/b]! [br][br]Notice how the first 2 letters of the last 2 blanks are the same? Why is this? [/color]

Law of Sines (& Area)

Interact with the applet below for a minute. [br]Then, answer the questions that follow. [br](Please don't slide the 2nd slider until prompted to in the directions below.)
1) Take a look at the yellow right triangle on the left.[br]Write an equation that expresses the relationship among angle [i]B[/i], the triangle's height, and side [i]c[/i].
2) Rewrite this equation so that [i]height [/i]is written in terms of side [i]c[/i] and angle [i]B[/i].
3) Now consider the pink right triangle on the right. Write an equation that expresses the relationship among angle [i]C[/i], side [i]b[/i], and the triangle's height. [br]
4) Rewrite this equation so that [i]height[/i] is written in terms of side [i]b[/i] and angle [i]C[/i].
5) Take your responses to questions (2) and (4) to write a new equation that expresses the relationship among [i]C[/i], [i]B[/i], [i]c[/i], and [i]b[/i]. Write this equation so that [i]C[/i] and [i]c[/i] appear on one side of the equation and that [i]B[/i] and [i]b[/i] appear on the other.
6) Now drag the slider in the upper right hand corner. Now, given the fact that the length of segment [i]BC[/i] would be denoted as [i]a [/i](it's just not drawn in the applet above), write an expression for the area of this original triangle in terms of [i]a[/i], [i]b[/i], and [i]C[/i].
7) Same question as in (6) above, but this time write the area of the triangle in terms of [i]a[/i], [i]c[/i], and [i]B[/i].
8) Suppose that dragging the first slider dropped a height from point [i]C[/i] instead of point [i]A[/i]. Answer questions (1) - (5) again, this time letting [i]c[/i] serve as the base of this triangle (vs. side [i]a[/i]). Notice anything interesting in your results?

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