Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G C Orbiting Satellite
A satellite is orbiting the Earth at a given height and students are asked to find the distance it travels to complete 70 percent of an orbit. This task provides a context for connecting an angle in radians to the arc length intercepted...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G C, G Srt Setting Up Sprinklers
In this task, students must decide where to place sprinklers on a lawn so that the maximum area of the lawn will be watered. To solve it, they must find areas of sectors of circles and use trigonometric ratios to solve right triangles....