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Trevor Stott
Trevor Stott
A Warm Up Question:
h
tan 45 =
15
I used the before mentioned application to find the angle of elevation for the
two points.
h
tan =
s+ d
tan =h/d
from there we plug the above equation into the second equation and solve
for h giving us:
( tan ) ( tan ) ( s )
h=
tantan
Although I do not know if I will ever need to find the height of any
object using trigonometry in my future career, I believe that learning
trigonometry will help me in my future career. This however does not mean
that all the work I did to learn this principle was in vain. In fact, the exact
opposite. By learning this principle, I proved to myself I am capable of
solving a problem many other people would be unable to solve. In high
school, I had a very talented math teacher, who often acknowledged the fact
that many of her students would never use the math taught in their day to
day lives. She explained however, the importance of being able to correctly
solve the problems in the class was: to be able to do it. Every time you
stretch yourself to learn something new, you connect new synapses in your
brain she explained you learn how to solve problems. Solving problems is
a Learning how to use trigonometry in a real-world example helped me to
become better problem solver. I conclude that the ability to solve problems is
one of the most sought after attributes to any employer, and that by
completing this project has been helpful to my development of this ability.