Lesson Handout #1-49 (ODD)
Special Right Triangles and Trigonometric Ratios Objective To understand the Pythagorean Theorem, discover relationships among the lengths of the sides of a 45°- 45°- 90° triangle and a 30°- 60°- 90° triangle, and to encounter trigonometry and discover the 6 trigonometric ratios.
You tell me… What do you remember about triangles? Sum of angles! Isosceles Triangles! Triangle Inequalities! Special Right Triangles!
Hypotenuse - in a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle. Legs - the two sides that form the right angle.
a 2 + b 2 = c 2
Trigonometry - is the study of the relationships between the sides and the angles of triangles.