Special Right Triangles

Lesson Prep

Lesson Details

• Duration: 50 minutes

• Learning Goal: Give students a chance to explore and discover relationships in special right triangles. Then, apply understanding to solve problems.

Answer Keys

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Classwork

• Estimation – Pythagorean Theorem

• Warm Up

• Notes Preparation Slides

• Notes

• Practice

Standards

Common Core

• HSG.SRT.C.8 – Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems.

TEKS

• G.9(B) – apply the relationships in special right triangles 30°-60°-90° and 45°-45°-90° and the Pythagorean theorem, including Pythagorean triples, to solve problems