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Standards for Finding the Height of a Lamp Pole


Geometry and Spatial Sense Standard
Benchmarks
B.Describe and apply the properties of similar and congruent figures; and justify conjectures involving similarity and congruence.
I.Use right triangle trigonometric relationships to determine lengths and angle measures.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8)
3.Use proportions in several forms to solve problems involving similar figures (part-to-part, part-to-whole, corresponding sides between figures).
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 9)
1.Define the basic trigonometric ratios in right triangles: sine, cosine and tangent.
2.Apply proportions and right triangle trigonometric ratios to solve problems involving missing lengths and angle sizes in similar figures.

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