A clinometer is a tool used to perform indirect measurements and approximate the heights of objects that would normally be difficult or impossible to measure. For instance, my group member and I used a clinometer that we built to determine the height of our school building. As you can see in the model I created […]
Category: Advanced Algebra II Trigonometry
Parabola Selfie!
For the Unit 4 Parabola Selfie Project in my Algebra 2 Trigonometry class, I went hunting for an a parabola in real life! I found a pair of safety goggles with lenses that measured 2.75 inches across and 1.5 inches from the vertex to the nose bridge. Using Desmos Graphing Calculator, I was able to […]
Three Ways To Solve
When solving a system of equations, there are three possible methods: graphing, substitution, and elimination. To represent this, I solved the system 4x + 3y = -6 and x + 3y = 21 with each of the different methods. After solving, I think that the graphing method was the easiest to use. This […]