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Applications of the Pythagorean Theorem

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Use patterns to your advantage! The Pythagorean Theorem allows learners to find missing sides of right triangles. Problems include those with both rational and irrational lengths. 

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Instructional Ideas
  • Have a substitute use the video to aid instruction
  • Use practice problems as checkpoints during the video to check for understanding
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires Internet access to view the video resource
  • The resource builds on the previous lesson in the series, which applies the Pythagorean Theorem Converse
Pros
  • Provides an extensive set of practice problems with an answer key
Cons
  • Video resource does not show any examples of application problems
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