Wednesday, December 22, 2010

7.6- Sine and Cosine Ratios

Today we looked at the other two trigonometric ratios: sine and cosine ratios.  These three ratios (along with tangent) can help you find the length of a missing side of a right triangle.  After break we will look at how to solve for missing angle measures as well.

Tonight's homework is P. 477-478 #5,9,16,18,19, and 29.

Try this animation on angles of depression for an application of the sine and cosine ratios.
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/geometry_2007_na/resources/applications/animations/geom07_ch07_pg475.html

1 comment:

  1. ms. berger, I think I found something about law of tangents someone in class asked. It looks kind of confusing though. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LawofTangents.html

    (i can't make a hyper-link but high-lite and then right click on the above)

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