Curriculum Information Essential Questions and Understandings Teacher Notes and Elaborations Topic Teacher Notes and Elaborations (continued) Trigonometric Equations, Graphs, and Many quantities in mathematics involve These quantities are called Other quantities called vector quantities, involve magnitudes. scalar. Practical Problems both magnitude and direction. A is often represented with a which is called a The length of vector quantity directed line segment, vector. the vector represents the magnitude of the vector quantity. Each vector has a horizontal and vertical component. Vectors may be added and subtracted. Virginia Standard T.9 The student will identify, create, and Sum and Difference Formulas: solve real-world problems involving triangles. Techniques will include using the trigonometric functions, the Pythagorean Theorem, the Law of Sines, and the Law of Cosines.
Curriculum Information Essential Questions and Understandings Teacher Notes and Elaborations Topic Trigonometric Equations, Graphs, and Practical Problems Virginia Standard T.9 The student will identify, create, and solve real-world problems involving triangles. Techniques will include using the trigonometric functions, the Pythagorean Theorem, the Law of Sines, and the Law of Cosines. Teacher Notes and Elaborations (continued) Many quantities in mathematics involve magnitudes. These quantities are called scalar. Other quantities called vector quantities, involve both magnitude and direction. A vector quantity is often represented with a directed line segment, which is called a vector. The length of the vector represents the magnitude of the vector quantity. Each vector has a horizontal and vertical component. Vectors may be added and subtracted. Sum and Difference Formulas:
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