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Special Right Triangles Lesson Plan

Special Right Triangles Lesson Plan

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Special Right Triangles

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For this special right triangle worksheet, students use the trigonometric functions to determine angle measurement or the length of one side of a right triangle. This one-page worksheet contains 18 problems. Answers are provided at the bottom of the page.

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Concepts

right triangles, triangles, trigonometric identities, Trigonometry

Additional Tags

right triangles, trigonometric functions, Trigonometry

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10th - 12th

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