Mathematics / Year 9 / Measurement and Geometry / Pythagoras and trigonometry

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Adjust the dimensions of a right-angled triangle. Calculate the area of squares bordering each side of the triangle. Notice that the area of the square bordering the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares bordering the other two sides. Watch a video showing how Pythagoras's theorem is used to determine ...

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What do you know about Pythagoras? Join Vi Hart as she not only explains his theorem but raises some legends about his dark past! Follow Vi's timeline of famous mathematicians to find out in which century Pythagoras lived. See how Vi shows a proof of his theorem and raises what was a big dilemma for Pythagoras: the irrational ...

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In these illustrated information sheets, Pythagoras's theorem is stated and students revise its application to proving whether or not a triangle is right-angled. Students find the length of one side of a right-angled triangle when the other two sides are known. Pythagoras's theorem is applied to find the distance between ...

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Label the three sides of a right-angled triangle as hypotenuse, adjacent and opposite sides. Identify which sides form a trigonometric ratio such as cosine or tangent. Watch a video showing how trigonometry is used to help planes land safely.

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Examine pairs of right-angled triangles. Check that each pair of triangles is similar by identifying all three pairs of corresponding angles. Label corresponding angles with matching symbols. This learning object is one in a series of ten objects.

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Look at an explanation of the trigonometric ratios: sine, cosine and tangent. Adjust the angles of a right angle triangle within a unit circle (radius of one unit). Identify the cosine ratio and enter the cosine values of angles from 0–90 degrees into a table. Answer questions about the cosine values. This learning object ...

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Look at an explanation of the trigonometric ratios: sine, cosine and tangent. Adjust the angles of a right-angled triangle within a unit circle (radius of one unit). Identify the tangent ratio and enter the tangent values of angles from 0–90 degrees into a table. Answer questions about the tangent values. This learning ...

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Solve measurement problems involving right-angled triangles by using similar triangles and trigonometric methods, including tangent values. Identify corresponding sides and ratio relationships in similar triangles. Solve measurement problems by using tangent values to calculate side lengths in triangles. For example, find ...

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Solve measurement problems involving right-angled triangles by using similar triangles and trigonometric methods, including cosine values. Identify corresponding sides and ratio relationships in similar triangles. Solve measurement problems by using cosine values to calculate side lengths in triangles. For example, find ...

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In space there are thousands of human-made objects (satellites and space junk) orbiting Earth. To avoid collision with space debris, satellites are manoeuvred out of its path. Discover how space debris is tracked using lasers, and about accuracy's effects on the lifetime of the satellite. Find out, using trigonometry, the ...