Saturday, April 27, 2013

How do you find the surface area and volume of a sphere?

Spheres
A sphere is the set of all points in space equidistant from a given point called the center.
S.A.= 4pi r squared

Calculate the surface area:
SA= 4 pi r squared
SA= 4pi(18) squared
SA= 1,296pi squared

V= 4 pi r cubed/3

Calculate the volume:
V= 4 pi r cubed/3
V= 4 pi (8.7) cubed/3
V= 2,634.012pi/3
V= 878.004pi cm cubed


How do we find the volume of pyramids and cones?

How do we calculate the volume of a cone?


V= Bh/3 
B= Area of Base = pi r squared 

Calculate the volume of the cone:
V= Bh/3                       B= pi 3 squared = 9pi
V= 9pi(11)/3
V= 99pi/3
V= 33pi cm cubed

     

How do we calculate the volume of a pyramid?
V= Bh/3

Calculate the volume of the pyramid:
V= Bh/3                                  B= (4)(3) = 12
V= 12(4)/3
V= 48/3
V= 16 cm cubed



1st cone
2nd cone
1st pyramid
2nd pyramid

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

How do we find the volume of prisms and cylinders?

Rectangular Solid
                          
                                                 
                                                 V= Bh
 B= Area of Base

 V= 18 x 4
 V= 72 cm cubed 




Find the volume:


V= 20 x 3
V= 60 cm cubed 





B= (b1 + b2/ 2)h         
B= (12 + 6/ 2)4
B= 36 sq cm

V= Bh

V= 36 x 10
V= 360 cm cubed 



1st rectangular prism
2nd rectangular prism
trapezoidal prism

Sunday, March 10, 2013

How do we do compositions of transformations?

Composition of Transformations
When two or more transformations are combined to form a new transformation, the result is called a composition of transformations 
                     Do second  rx-axis º T(3,4)  Do first


Example 1: Find the coordinates of the image of A(2,4) under the transformation ry-axis º T(3,-5).
Answer: A(2,4)A'(5,-1)A''(-5,-1)



Example 2: Find the image of point A(3,-2) under the composition of translation T(2,1) º T(-6,-4).
Answer: A(3,-2)A'(-3,-6)A''(-1,-5)




Sunday, January 20, 2013

How do we define circles?

What is a circle?
A circle is the set of all points in a plane at a given distance from a given point. The given distance is a radius and the given point is a center.

Chord
A line segment that connects two points on a circle


Diameter
A line segment that goes through the center of a circle with endpoints on the circle. It is also the longest chord in the circle.

Tangent
A line segment that touches exactly one point  on a circle. Two circles can be a tangent at the same line and point.
 


Arc
A portion of the circumference of a circle.



How do we calculate distances?

Distance formula:


Ex:
Calculate the length of a segment whose endpoints are at (-1,5) and (7,3).
X2= 2, X1= -1, Y2= 3, Y1= 7

d= √(2--1)² + (3-7)²
d= √(9 + 16)
d= √25
d= 5

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

How do we use a polygon's exterior angles?

Exterior Angle Sum Conjecture
For any polygon, the sum of the measure of a set of exterior angles is 360°.

Regular - Equilateral, Equiangular

Ex 1
What is the measure of an exterior angle of an equiangular pentagon? 

Solution:
Pentagon= 5 sides 
Sum of exterior angles= 360°
measure of each exterior angle= ?
So, 360 ÷ 5(# of sides)= 72°


Ex 2
How many sides does a regular polygon have if each exterior angle measures 24°?

Solution:
# of sides= ?
Sum of exterior angles= 360°
measure of each exterior angle= 24°
So, 360 ÷ 24 = 15, 15 sides