Impossible Triangles
https://www.teachmathematics.net/page/19240/impossible-triangles
Activity, Problem
Students use their knowledge of Pythagoras, SOHCAHTOA, sine and cosine rules to construct an argument as to whether a triangle can exist or not.
24 September 2019 Edit: 25 September 2019
User submitted, thanks to Meagan Rodda
- Topics:
- Measurement, Pythagoras, Trigonometry, Space and Geometry, Triangles
- NSW Mathematics Standard Stage 6 Syllabus
- Measurement, MS-M3 Right-angled Triangles, MS-M6 Non-right-angled Trigonometry
- NSW Mathematics Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus
- Trigonometric Functions, MA-T1 Trigonometry and Measure of Angles, T1.1 Trigonometry
- NSW Mathematics Standard 11-12 Syllabus (2024) New
- Measurement, Trigonometry
- NSW Mathematics Advanced 11-12 Syllabus (2024) New
- Trigonometric functions, Trigonometry and measure of angles, Trigonometry with acute angles
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