Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry

A listing of homework, syllabi and, sometimes, hints.

Name: Dea Haupt

Monday, March 16, 2009

Next up: Law of Sines, Law of Cosines

3/12  Area of any triangle
3/13  Intro to the Law of Sines, Law of Cosines

3/16  Go over Law of Cosines again, more generally
3/18  More practice with Law of Sines, Law of Cosines, Area
3/19  Quiz of Area and the two Laws
3/20  Vocab and Quadrant practice

3/23  Computer Lab 700 for Unit Circle Lab
3/25  Go over lab, hand out London Eye packet
3/26  Finish London Eye packet
3/27  More Ferris Wheels

next week: Sinusoids and MCAS

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

The next set of application problems

After practicing setting up trig ratios, solving for side lengths, solving for angles and converting angles from degrees/minutes/seconds to degrees in decimals, we are ready to tackle some more realistic problems.  This all come from the book Precalculus with Trigonometry by Paul Foerster.  The problems have been put in a packet so that you can do a page a day.

3/04  Go over examples on page 1, do problems on page 2
3/05  page 3   Half-Day C B H F
3/06  page 4

3/09  page 5  (on page 6 are two extra credit problems)
3/11  Right Triangle Quiz, finish any problems not completed before quiz