This isn't rocket science, you know. A performance task has learners use right triangle trigonometry to calculate distances from stations on Earth to a satellite. It also requires finding the distance between two stations along the surface of the earth by using arc lengths.

Concepts

right triangles, trigonometric word problems, trigonometry applications, circles, arc length

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the worksheet as a homework assignment
  

Classroom Considerations

• A calculator with trigonometric functions is necessary
• Learners should be familiar with how to determine arc length
  

Pros

• Provides a diagram that makes the situation easy to visualize
  
• Includes correct answer explanations and a rubric
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSG-SRT.C.8