Thursday, October 17, 2013

Week 4 ~ October 14-18 ~ Math 8

Monday ~ Today we finished up our Task 2 by writing a memo to the company explaining our new ramp lengths.  We started this example in class & students just needed to finish it for homework.

Tuesday ~  We began working on Task 3 which was a final ramp design as well a a proof that the area we found was correct.  This is a mostly in class project that we'll be finishing tomorrow.  The dimensions for the final ramp are 24 feet high and 32 feet long.

Wednesday ~ We finished working on Task 3 today.  Many students were able to finish in class, those who didn't need to finish it at home tonight.  Here is a photo of what the project should look like.

Thursday ~ Today we discussed the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem.  Basically you just need to take the 3 lengths they give you and plug them into the formula.  If it is a true statement, the triangle is a right triangle.  If not, then the triangle is NOT a right triangle.  HW:  Pg 468 # 13-18, 43


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