Setting Up Sprinklers

This modeling task involves several different types of geometric knowledge and problem-solving: finding areas of sectors of circles, using trigonometric ratios to solve right triangles, and decomposing a complicated figure involving multiple circular arcs into parts whose areas can be found.
Resource ID#: 44114 Type: Problem-Solving Task
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators, Students , Parents
Suggested Technology: Microsoft Office
Instructional Time: 20 Minute(s)
Keywords: sectors, trigonometric ratios, right triangles, circular arcs, Florida Standards, Pythagorean Theorem, area, hypotenuse, sides, adjacent, opposite, (a^2)+(b^2)=c^2, area of a sector, overlapping sectors, overlap, legs, quarter circles, radius, 90-degree sector, rectangle, trigonometric ratios, arccosine, arccos, sprinklers, sector, cpalms, icpalms, illustrativemathematics.org, illustrative mathematics, tasks, mathematics, math, Florida standards, resource, free, freely available, problems-based learning, student activities, task
Instructional Component Type(s): Problem-Solving Task
Resource Collection: Illustrative Mathematics

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