High School: Geometry > Similarity, Right Triangles, & TrigonometryUnderstand similarity in terms of similarity transformations
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Verify experimentally the properties of dilations given by a center and a scale factor: G-SRT.1.A A dilation takes a line not passing through the center of the dilation to a parallel line, and leaves a line passing through the center unchanged. G-SRT.1.B The dilation of a line segment is longer or shorter in the ratio given by the scale factor. G-SRT.2 Given two figures, use the definition of similarity in terms of similarity transformations to decide if they are similar; explain using similarity transformations the meaning of similarity for triangles as the equality of all corresponding pairs of angles and the proportionality of all corresponding pairs of sides. G-SRT.3 Use the properties of similarity transformations to establish the AA criterion for two triangles to be similar. Prove theorems involving similarityG-SRT.4 Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: a line parallel to one side of a triangle divides the other two proportionally, and conversely; the Pythagorean Theorem proved using triangle similarity. G-SRT.5 Use congruence and similarity criteria for triangles to solve problems and to prove relationships in geometric figures. Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right trianglesG-SRT.6 Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles. G-SRT.7 Explain and use the relationship between the sine and cosine of complementary angles. G-SRT.8 Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems. Apply trigonometry to general trianglesG-SRT.9 (+) Derive the formula A = 1/2 ab sin(C) for the area of a triangle by drawing an auxiliary line from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side. G-SRT.10 (+) Prove the Laws of Sines and Cosines and use them to solve problems. G-SRT.11 (+) Understand and apply the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines to find unknown measurements in right and non-right triangles (e.g., surveying problems, resultant forces). |