This task models a satellite orbiting the Earth in communication with two control stations located miles apart on Earth's surface. Students determine distances between various locations and, given a rate of travel, they determine the time it takes to travel between two specified locations. Aligns with G-MG.A.3.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

trigonometric ratios, law of cosines, triangle sum theorem

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Additional Tags

apply geometric methods to solve design problems, cc by-nc-sa 4.0, ccss.math, creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0, g-mg.a.3, hsg-mg.a.3, illustrative mathematics, illustrative mathematics: g-mg satellite hsg-mg.a.3, satellite, trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions

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Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

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