Aims week of 11/26:

Aim 52: Applied problems using Law of Sines & Cosines.
hw: pg 734 2,4,6,8,10,12 ** note - this page is in a different part of your text book.

Aim 53: How do we solve force problems using the Law of Cosines?
hw: finish worksheet

Aim 54: What's an alternative approach to calculating the area of triangles?
hw: pg 217 2,6,10,12,19

Aim 55: Chapter review and wrap-up - complete exercises pg 221 -222
hw: study for test

Aim 56: Test - Chapter 11
hw: none

Aims week of 11/19:

Aim 49: Chapter test
hw: none

Aim 50: What is the Law of Sines?
hw: pg 225 1-4,6-8

Aim 51: What is the Law of Cosines?
hw: none

Thursday & Friday: Thanksgiving: Have a good holiday!

Links to regentsprep.org Law of Sines & Law of Cosines

link to law of sines:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATT12/lawofsines.htm

link to law of sines, ambiguous case:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATT12/lawofsinesAmbiguous.htm

link to law of cosines:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATT12/lawofcosines.htm

link to deriving law of sines & cosines:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATT12/derivelawofsines.htm

link to area of a triangle & parallelogram:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATT13/areatriglesson.htm

Links to regentsprep.org trig ratio slides

Review of trig ratio's:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/rtritrig/Ltrig.htm

Review of how to solve for an angle:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/rtritrig/LtrigA.htm

Angle of elevation and depression:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/rtritrig/LtrigW.htm

Special right triangles:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/rtritrig/Ltri45.htm
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/rtritrig/Ltri30.htm

Mathematics Problem Solving Competition - Due 11/23/2007

MATHEMATICS PROBLEM SOLVING COMPETITION

SEMESTER 1, 2007-8

THREE WEEK PROBLEM #3



THE HOLE THING


It takes one man one day to dig a 2m x 2m x 2m hole. How long does it take 3 men digging at the same rate to dig a 4m x 4m x 4m hole?

Explain your solution very clearly.


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Due Date: Friday, November 23, 2007

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Remember:
* Your entry must clearly show your name, school name, mathematics class code, teacher’s
name and date of submission
* All steps must be clearly shown.
* The most accurate and best presented entry will win the prize.
* Your mathematics teacher will give you credit for your entry and you will also receive a
certificate for participating.

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MPSC THREE WEEK PROBLEM #3, 2007-8 Tom Frossinakis (AUSSIE) November4, 2007

Aims week of 11/12:

Monday: Veteran's Day - no school

Aim 45: How do we classify the angle of elevation and angle of depression?
hw: pg 200 1,3,4,6

Aim 46: What is the relationship between vectors and trig ratios?
hw: pg 207 2,4,6

Aim 47: How do we add vectors?
hw: pg 212 2,4,6,8,12

Aim 48: Chapter checkpoint - review exercise
hw: none

Aims week of 11/5:

Aim 41: Chapter 10 Wrapup
hw: pg 183 1-10

Tuesday 11/6: no school

Aim 42: How can we use the tangent ratio?
hw: pg 189 2,4,10,12,14,26

Aim 43: How can we connect tangent ratio to coordinate geometry?
hw: study for test

Aim 44: Test - similar figures
hw: none