I/D #1: Unit N SRT and UC

INQUIRY ACTIVITY SUMMARY
    SRT really do connect with the UC, because they point out the ordered pairs for that specific angle and it tells us how we get that ordered pair. We have three ordered pair in a quadrant and it does not include the quadrant angle. For 30 degrees, 45 degrees, and 60 degrees they all have different ordered pairs. For the set of pictures that are going to be presented, they will be labeled as a SRT should be  and how to get it's ordered pair.

Hypotenuse or "r" will be in blue.
Horizontal side or "x" will be in pink.
Vertical side or "y" will be in green.

THESE SET OF PICTURE IS FOR A TRIANGLE WITH AN ORIGIN POINT 30 DEGREES ONLY.

Labeled as a SRT, "r" is 2x, "y" is x, and "x" is radical 3; but the hypotenuse but be 1.

 

Since "r" has to be 1, the only way to make it 1 is to divide 2x by itself. If we do that to one side, all the sides must be divided by 2x. As we divide, the x's will cancel for the "y"side, x is really 1x and it's divided by 2x so it will equal 1/2. For the "x" side, the x's cancel and we are just left with radical 3/ 2 and that will be our x value.

We have the triangle in it's new form with it's new values for "r", "y", and "x" and it's on a coordinate plane. The origin, which is 30 degrees, will be (0,0). As we find a point for the triangle on the coordinate plane, the hypotenuse and "y" intersect and that is where our order pair lies. Since radical 3/2 is "x"'s value and 1/2 for "y"'s value, that (x,y) point on the coordinate plane will be the same. So our ordered pair for a triangle with the origin of 30 degrees will be (radical 3/2, 1/2).

THESE SET OF PICTURE IS FOR A TRIANGLE WITH AN ORIGIN POINT 45 DEGREES ONLY. 

This is how a triangle with the origin point of 45 degrees looks like when it's labeled as a SRT. Just like the one before it, the hypotenuse has to be 1.

The hypotenuse of the triangle has to be 1 so what we do is multiply the reciprocal of x. X is not by itself, it's x/1 so when we multiply the reciprocal of it, which is 1/x, we'll get our 1. We'll have to multiply the 1/x to the other two sides. For the "y" side, it's x radical 2/ 2 and we multiply 1/x to it. The xs' cancel and we end up with radical 2/2 and that its value for the "y" side. The same goes for the "x", we do the exact same thing and radical 2/2 will be the value for "x" also.

This is the new version of the 45 degree triangle with its new side values. As we plot it to a coordinate plane, the 45 degree angle will be on the origin which is (0,0). With the ordered pair being (x,y) it will be just like the other angle before this one. The x value be radical 2/2 because it goes radical 2/2 to the right and radical 2/2 will be y because it goes up radical 2/2. So (radical 2/2, radical 2/2) will be our ordered pair.

THESE SET OF PICTURE IS FOR A TRIANGLE WITH AN ORIGIN POINT 60 DEGREES ONLY.

These triangles are just like the 30 degrees triangles that I did in the beginning, except that they have some parts switched around. This is how it looks like when it's labeled like a SRT, the hypotenuse is still 2x. The "y" side is now x radical 3 and the"x" side is just x.

Like the other two, "r" has to be 1 and we will have to divide 2x by itself to get 1. We will also have to divide the other two by 2x. For the "y" side, x radical 3 will be divided by 2x. The x's will cancel leaving us with just radical 3/2 and that is our answer for that side. The "x" side just has x and being divided by 2x the x's will just cancel and it will leave us with 1/2. X is not just x by itself, it's 1x so that's how we get 1/2.

Here it is on on a coordinate with 60 degree angle as the origin point. To get the (x,y) ordered pairs we will have to use the values of the "x" and "y" sides of the triangle. Since we go 1/2 to the right because that is value of the "x" side, 1/2 will be our x. Then we will go up, the value of the "y" side is radical 3/2 and that will be our y. So our ordered pair for this triangle will be (1/2, radical 3/2).

     From this activity and the explanation that I gave for each type of Special Right Triangles, helps derive each ordered pair that is on the Unit Circle. It shows how we get an ordered pair for a 30 degree, 60 degree, and 45 degree angle that is on the Unit Circle.
     For these types of angles and their ordered pairs, they are just in the first quadrant of the unit circle. Now the following pictures will show the changes of these triangles it the other three quadrants:

30 degree angles will be in blue.
45 degree angles will be in green.
60 degree angles will be in pink.

This is how all of the look like in the first quadrant, each degree with it's ordered pair. All of the ordered pair are all positive because they are on the positive side of the Unit Circle. Well in the Unit Circle we are just using a circle with a radius of 1. So x and y in quadrant 1 are both positive which means they are also positive.

 

In quadrant 2 I will just show the 30 degree angle and its ordered pair. In the second quadrant, x is now a negative. Which means that radical 3/2 is now a negative but the y is still a positive so 1/2 stays the same. This applies to the other two angles, what they have as x will be negative while the y stays positive.

This is in quadrant 3 and I'm using the 45 degree angle to show how its ordered pair changes from the first quadrant to the third. In the third quadrant both x and y are negative so the ordered pair of the 45 degree angle are negative. Both x and y on the coordinate plane are negative so every angle with an ordered pair in the third quadrant will be negative.

In the last and final quadrant, quadrant 4, I will use the 60 degree angle and its ordered pair to show the changes from quadrant 1 to quadrant 4. Well in this quadrant the x is positive and the y is negative. So 1/2 is x and it will stay positive while radical 3/2 is y, which means that it will be negative. This applies to the other two ordered pairs, their x's will be positive while their y's will be negative.

INQUIRY ACTIVITY REFLECTION 
1. The coolest thing I learned from this activity was the fact that the SRT tells us how these triangles get their ordered pairs and how change in each quadrant.


2. This activity will help me in this unit because it reveals where the ordered pairs are in each quadrant depending on their angle and which quadrant they lie in to determine if they are positive or negative.


3. Something I never realized before about special right triangles and the unit circle is that they both need each other to work. With out the SRT, there will be no ordered pairs in the UC and with out the UC the SRT will just apply to triangles and nothing else.

RWA#1: Unit M Concepts 4-6: Conic Sections in real life

1.  An ellipse is the set of all points such that the sum of the distance from two points (which is the foci) is constant.

2.    To find the ellipse itself, it has to be in standard conic form which is (x-h)^2/a^2+ (y-k)^2/b^2 = 1. It doesn't matter where a^2 and b^2 are, they can be under either one. But one thing that always has to stay the same is where h and k are. H must always be with x and k must always be with y. Also to determine the size of the ellipse, whether it's skinny or fat, will be based on "x" or "y". If the bigger number is under "x" then it's fat, but if it's under "y" then it's skinny.
    When its graphed h,k will be our center points. What ever numbers are in the the denominators place, the biggest number will be "a" and the second one "b". We get our vertices from "a", co-vertices from "b", and our foci from "c". If "a" has our bigger numbers then it's our major axis and "b" will determine our minor axis. The foci will be on the major axis but a couple of points before it reaches the vertices points. To determine the eccentricity of an ellipse, the formula is e = c/a. So it's whatever number is "c" divided by whatever number "a" is.
  



3.  One place that ellipses can be found in the real world is in the medical field. Extra corporeal Shock wave Lithotripsy is a new medical treatment that can decrease the size of kidney and gall stones in people. A patient can be placed next to a machine that "shock waves away from the patient and into an elliptical bowl" (http://www.purplemath.com/modules/ellipse.htm). The patient is well positioned so that the gall stone is at one focus with the elliptical bowl. When the machine emits the shock wave from the other focus, the waves scatter to the elliptical bowl, bounce from that and to the other focus. When it reaches the other focus, the wave is at full power.
    So that type medical science can treat patients well out surgery and the patient itself can leave that same day. The shock wave smashed the stones so that the body can get rid of them more easily. Math and medical science come together for the beneficial purpose of helping people.

4.   References: 
    http://www.purplemath.com/modules/ellipse.htm
    http://www.lessonpaths.com/learn/i/unit-m-conic-sections-in-real-life/conic-sections-in-real-life
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvAYFUIEpFI