Fill out the white squares in the table below as you perform investigation #1 and

investigation #2. Go to the website indicated for each investigation. Manipulate the
triangle and then look at the given right triangle to determine the following lengths of the
segments. Use these segments to evaluate 3 of the trig functions below for the angle you
are looking at. Write the ratios and then evaluate to get a decimal. Round all answers to
the nearest thousandth. Move the vertices of the triangle and then repeat the process once
more. Go to the website below to begin.
Investigation #1: http://tube.geogebra.org/material/show/id/y1m5mzwI
Angle of interest

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1. What do you notice about legs and ? What does this tell you about .
Predict the angle measures of .

2. Use the Pythagorean theorem on the following triangle to express the length of the
hypotenuse, w, in terms of the lengths of the legs, t. Next, let t=1
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and evaluate the 3 trigonometric functions of the angle . Simplify
all radicals.


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t

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t

3. How does the decimal representation of the evaluated trigonometric functions compare
from your chart to question #2?

Investigation #2: http://tube.geogebra.org/material/show/id/eUOJRdma

Angle of interest

Long Leg

Short Leg

Hypotenuse

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1. What do you notice about legs and ? Predict the angle measures of .

2. Use the Pythagorean theorem on the following triangle to express y in terms of a. Next,
let a = 1 and evaluate the 3 trigonometric functions of the angle . Simplify all radicals.
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2a

a
3. How does the decimal representation of the evaluated trigonometric functions compare
from your chart to question #2?

4. Use your calculator to evaluate the inverse sine of . [mode change to Degree
2nd quit 2nd sin-1 Enter your value close parentheses enter] What are the
missing angle values of the ?
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