Wednesday, May 25, 2011

12.5- Volume of Pyramids and Cones


      What I knew before watching the video was the formulas for finding the volume of a pyramid and for finding the volume of a cone. The formula for finding the volume of a pyramid is one third times the area of the base times the height, or V=1/3Bh. The formula for finding the volume of a cone is one third times pi times radius squared times height, or V=1/3πr^2h. You use these two formulas to find the volume of pyramids and cones. This is everything I knew about before watching the video on finding the volumes of pyramids and cones.  
      What I learned about after watching the video was that I learned that you can use volume to find the missing radius in the equation for finding the volume of a cone, which is one third time pi times radius squared times height.  For example, if the volume is 2262, then you just plug in the information that you already know. So, 2226=1/3πr^2(15), then you times three on both sides and divide by 15π. You get your radius to equal about 12 after you square root both sides. Lastly, I learned how to find the volume of a nautical prism. For example if one of the sides of the hexagon on the prism is eight and the height of the prism, not including the hexagon, is six, and the height of the hexagon equals point five, not including the prism, then you plug in the information that you know into the equation, which is 1/3Bh + Bh. But, you need to find the area of the base and you do that by using the equation 6(1/4 s^2 time the square root of three). After you figure that you get the volume is equal about 4156.92.

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12.6- Surface Area and Volume of Spheres

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moBGSB3ohc0&feature=channel_video_title

       I didn’t know anything before watching the video besides knowing what a sphere is, but that doesn’t really help with anything. So, that is pretty much everything I knew before watching the video.
      What I learned after watching the video was how to find the surface area of a sphere. The equation is surface area equals four times pi times radius squared, or S.A=4πr^2.  I also learned what great circles are. A great circle is a circle where the circumference is 13.8π. You can use the great circles to find the surface area of spheres. I also learned how to find the surface area of a hemisphere. You use the equation S=1/2(4πr^2) +πr^2.  Another thing that I learned is how to find the volume of a sphere. To find the volume of a sphere you use the equation volume equals four thirds time pi time radius to the square root of three, or V=4/3πr^3. You can use the equations volume of a cylinder (πr^2h) and the volume of a sphere (4/3πr^3) to find the volume of a cylinder with two spheres on both ends. To find the volume you have the volume of a cylinder minus the volume of sphere. So, since the height equals 12 radius equals 5, you get the volume to equal about 418.879.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

12.4- Volume of Prisms and Cylinders

     
       What I knew about before watching the video was that I already knew the equations for finding the volume of prisms and cylinders and how to use them to find volume. The equation for finding the volume of prisms is volume equals the area of the base times the height, or V=Bh. The equation for finding the volume of cylinders is volume equals pi times radius squared times the height, or V=πr^2h. This is all I knew about before watching the video.
      What I learned about after watcing the video was that I learned Cavalieri’s Principle.Cavalieri’s Principle is if two solids have the same height h and the same cross-sectional area B at every level, then they have the same volume. I also learned how to use volume to find missing lengths. For example, is the volume of a prism is three hundered ninty six and you need to find x, you just plug in your information and solve. So, you have three hundered ninty six equals eleven x time x, or thirty six equals x squared. Then, you square root both sides and x equals six. You can also use volume to find out the missing lenghts of prims and cylinders when you compare a bigger one to a smaller one. This is everything that I learned after watching the video.
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Monday, May 16, 2011

12.3- Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones


      What I knew before watching the lecture was that I knew some the equations like S=B+1/2Pl, A=1/2aP, a^2+b^2=c^2, and opposite of B plus and minus the square root of B squared minus four A,C all over two A. This is everything that I knew about before watching the lecture.
      What I learned after watching the lecture was that I learned how to find the surface area of a pyramid. An example is the you use the equation S=B+1/2Pl and you have the pyramid having a slant height of eight and a perimeter of thirty six. To find the area of the base you use the equation A=¼(s^2)square root of three and plug in your information and get A=¼(36)square root of three, or 54 square root of three. So, you plug in all of your information and get S=54square root of three+½(36)(8), or s=237.5. Another thing that I learned was how to find the surface area of a right cone. An example is that the right cone has a slant height of six and a radius of four. You use the equation S=‘pie’r^2+‘pie’rL and you plug in your information and get S= ‘pie’(4^2)+‘pie’(4)(6),or S=16‘pie’+24‘pie’. So, after you simplify you get S to equal approximately 125.6636. Another thing that I learned about was how to find the surface area of a square pyramid. An example is that you first have to find the slant height and you find that by using the Pythagorean Theorem and get the slant height to equal the square root of 52. Second, you find the perimeter and the area of the base. You do that by first finding the perimeter and you do that by multiplying four times eight or 32 meters. Then, you find the area of the base which is 8 squared, or 64 meters squared. Lastly, you find the surface area where you use the equation s=1/2Pt+B and you plug in the information and you get S=½(32)(square root of 52)+64, or approximately 179.4 meters square. The biggest thing that I learned was the best problem ever. You first need to find the area of the base and you use the equation A=1/2aP and since you need to find a and x you use cosine and sine. So, a=5cos36 and x=5sin36, but since one side equals 10sin36, you have to times 5 by 10, so you really have your perimeter equaling 50sin36. So, the area equals ½(5cos36)(50sin36). The second thing you have to do is to find the slant height and you do that by using the Pythagorean Theorem and so, L^2=(6)^2+(5cos36)^2, or L=the square root of 36+(5cos36)^2. Lastly, step three, you put all of the information together and you have this information so far: b=½(5cos36)(50sin36), L=square root 36+(5cos36)^2, P=50sin36, and S=B+1/2Pl. After you put all the information together you get S=½(5cos(36))(50sin(36))+½(50sin(36)) square root of (36+(5cos(36))^2), or S equals approximately 165.774.  This is everything that I learned about after watching the lecture.

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

12.2- Surface Area of Cylinders and Prisms

 
      Before watching the lecture the only thing that I knew about was what Surface Area, Prisms, and Cylinders were. I somewhat know how to find it, but not really. This is all I knew before watching the lecture.
      After watching the lecture I learned how to find the surface area of prisms and cylinders and how to find the lateral area of prisms and cylinders. To find the lateral area of prisms the equation is l=Ph, or the length equals the perimeter times the height. To find the surface area of a right prisms you use the equations S=2B+Ph, or the surface area equals two times the base plus perimeter times the area. To find the surface area of a cylinder you use the equations S=2B+Ch and S=πr^2+πrH, or the surface area equals two times the base plus the circumference time the height and surface area equals pie times radius squared plus pie times radius times height. You can use these equations to find lateral area of prisms and cylinders and surface area of prisms and cylinder, but you have to make sure you use the right equation because they are closely alike and if you don’t use the right one, your answer will be wrong. This is everything that I learned after watching the lecture.

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I commented on Michelle K's blog and Adam B's blog.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

11.4- Area of Regular Polygons


      What I knew about area of regular polygons before watching the video was that I knew how to find the area of triangles, circles, etc., but not the way that the video explains it. This is all I knew about before watching the video.
      What I learned about after watching the video was about how to find the area of an equilateral triangle and how to find the area of a regular polygon. To find the area of an equilateral triangle you use the equation Area equals one half times side squared times the square root of three (A=½{s^2} <!--[if !vml]-->Description: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs67RRyGtWj1YpqfGc4sy7iBvl7AnYlluPVG26ZARcUoTwgSIQeBTJtN07jDht6D_usDOtV6UkKyOrGcKzfOOGTN6QGo6nFgOOX41FManZPN_3dTU5BMSU33MvfTN_twUsBLJB3Mln028/s72-c/Square+root+of+three.jpg<!--[endif]-->). To find the area of a regular polygon you use the equation Area equals one half time apothem times perimeter (A=½aP). The apothem of a regular polygon is the measure of the line that goes from the center of the polygon to the middle of a side. To find the perimeter of a regular polygon you divide 360 and the number of sides the polygon has, and then you use either cosine, sine, or tangent to find the half of the side length. Lastly, you times that number by two to get the whole side length and times that by the number of sides you have. You use these two equations to find the area of equilateral triangles and the area of a regular polygon.  This is everything that I learned about in the video.

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I commented on Kollin Heimke's Blog and Rebecca Phipps's blog.

Friday, May 6, 2011

11.3- Areas of Circles and Sectors

      What I knew before watching the video was that I knew how to find the area of a circle. The equation is area equals pie time radius squared. So, for example if the radius of a circle is seven the equation would be area equals pie times seven square or forty nine. So, the area would equal 153.94. I also knew somewhat how to find the area of only part of a circle because it is like what we learned last chapter, but I didn’t know the exact formula.
      What I learned after watching the video was that I learned the formula of how to find the area of only part of a circle. It is the area equals the measure of the arc that is part of your sector over three hundred sixty multiplied by pie times radius squared.  For example, if the measure of the arc is thirty five and the radius equals eight, your equation is area equals thirty five over three hundred sixty times pie times eight squared or sixty four. So, the area of the small sector of the circle equals 19.54. If you wanted to find the large sector you would minus 360 minus 65 or 325. You do the same thing, but instead of using 35, you use 325 and your answer is 181.54. This is everything that I learned about after watching the video.

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I commented on Cheyanne Schleis's blog and Rebecca Phipps's blog.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

6.1- Angle Measures in Polygons



      Before watching the lecture I already knew about polygons. Some examples are triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons. They have different numbers of sides, different number of triangles that can fit inside, and their sum of their interior angles. Triangles have three sides, one triangle can fit inside, and the sum of their interior angles is one hundred eighty. Quadrilaterals have four sides, two triangles can fit inside, and the sum is three sixty. Pentagons have five sides, they can fit three triangles inside, and the sum is five hundred forty. Lastly, hexagons have six sides, four triangles can fit inside, and the sum of their interior angles is seven hundred twenty. This is all that I knew about before watching the lecture.
      After watching the lecture I learned about interior angles and exterior angles. The theorem for interior angles is the sum of interior angles of an n-gon is (n-2)180. The corollary is the measure of each interior angle of a regular n-gon is (n-2)180 divided by n. The exterior angle theorem is the sum of the exterior angles of a convex polygon, one angle each vertex, is 360. The corollary is the measure of each exterior angle of a regular n-gon is 360/n.  You can use both of these to find may different things dealing with angle measurement in polygons. This is everything that I learned about after watching the lecture.

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I commented on Josh Cohen's and Michelle Krueger's blog.

Monday, April 25, 2011

10.8- Equations of Circles

    Before watching the video didn’t know anything about the equations of circles. The only thing that I knew was what a circle was.
    After watching the video I learned about the standard form of a circle. It is x minus h to the second plus y minus k to the second equals r to the second. H and K is the center of the circle and r is the radius of the circle. So, you can use this in order to find the radius of the circle. For example, if the center is five and negative one and there is a point on the circle that is one, two, you can plug that into the equation r equals the square root of x-h to the second plus y minus k to the second and get you radius. So, after you add and subtract your information after plugging it in, you get the radius to equal the square root of negative four to the second plus three to the second. After you square the numbers you get r to equal the square root of sixteen plus nine, or the square root of twenty-five. The square root of twenty-five is five, so your radius equals five. Lastly you plug that into the standard form and get your equation to be x minus five to the second plus y minus one to the second equation five to the second, or twenty-five. You can also graph the equation onto a graph, so basically you are doing the opposite; you are given the equation and you have to graph it. This is everything that I learned about after watching the video.
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I commented on Adam B's blog and ........

10.7- Segment Lengths in Circles



     
      Before watching the video the only things that I knew about was that I knew what a secant and a tangent were. There is nothing else that I knew about before watching the video.
     After watching the video I learned about three different theorems. The first one is the chord intersection theorem. The chord intersection theorem is if two chords intersect in the interior of a circle, then the product of the segments of one chord equals the product of the other segments. If secant CD and secant AB intersect in the same spot in circle E, then you have EA multiplied by EB equals EC multiplied by ED. The second/third theorems are the external secant and tangent theorems. The second one deals with secants and secants and the third one deals with secants and tangents. So, the secant and secant theorem is if two secants share the same endpoint outside a circle, then the products of the external segment and the whole segment equals the other product of the external and whole segment. So, if secant AB and secant CD have the same endpoint outside of the circle, which is point E, then EA multiplied by EB equals EC multiplied by ED. The last theorem is the secant and tangent theorem. That is if a secant and a tangent share an endpoint outside a circle, then the tangent segment squared equals the product of the external and internal segments of the secant. So, if tangent EA and secant ED share the same endpoint outside the circle, which is point E, then EA squared equals EC multiplied by ED. This is everything that I learned about after watching the video.
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I commented on Brittany Boettcher's blog and Tori Lemke's blog.



Tuesday, April 19, 2011

10.6- Angles Relationships


     

      Before the video I knew what tangents, chords, and secants were. This is all I knew about before watching the video.
      After watching video I learned about the tangent/chord theorem. The tangent/chord theorem is if a tangent and a chord intersect on a circle, then the measures of the angles formed are half of the intercepted arcs. So, measure of angle one equals half of measure of arc AB. You can use this to find the measures of angles and arcs. I also learned about the chord intersection theorem. The chord intersection theorem is if two chords intersect in the interior of a circle, then the measure of each angle is half the sum of the intercepted arcs and its vertical angle. So, the measure of angle one equals half of measure of arc CD plus measure of arc AB, or measure of angle two equals half of measure of arc BC plus measure of arc AD. You can use this to find the measures of arcs and the measure of angles. The last theorem I learned about was the secant/tangent intersection theorems. The secant/tangent intersection theorem is if a tangent and secant, two tangents, or two secants intersect in the exterior of a circle, then the measure of each angle is half the difference of the measure of the intercepted arc. So, there are three equations; one for the tangent and secant, one for the secant and secant, and one for the tangent and tangent. The tangent and secant equation is measure of angle one equals half of measure of arc BC minus measure of arc AC. For secant and secant the equation is measure of angle two equals half of measure of arc XY minus of measure of arc WZ. Lastly, for tangent and tangent the equation is measure of angle three equals half of measure of arc XY minus measure of arc WZ. You can use these three equations to find the measure of arc and measure of angles, but you have to make sure you are using the right equation. This is everything that I learned in the video.

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I commented on Leah S.'s blog and Christina B's blog.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

10.5-Tangets to Circles

                                                                   


      Things that I knew before the video were that I knew what a center, radius, diameter, and a chord were. This is all that I knew about before watching the video.
      Things that I learned about after watching the video were that I learned about what a secant and a tangent were. I also learned about the three different ways circles can intersect. They can intersect each other at two points, one point, or not at all. If they don’t intersect at all, they are called concentric circles. I also learned about common tangents. A common tangent is a line tangent to two or more circles. There are also tangent theorems. One is if m is tangent to circle Q at P, then m is perpendicular to line QP and vise versa (if m is perpendicular to line QP, then m is tangent to circle Q at P). You can use this to find out if there is a tangent to a circle and to find out the radius of a circle. Another tangent theorem is if line SR and line ST are tangent to circle P, then line SR is congruent to line ST. You can use this to find the value of X when you are given the length of ‘ST’ and ‘SR’. This is everything that I learned about after watching the video.

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I commented on Riley Eickert's and Leah S.'s blogs.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

10.4-Inscribed Angles

    I didn’t know anything before I watched this video.
    Some of the things I learned after watching the video were the inscribed angle theorem. The inscribed angle theorem is when an angle goes through a circle the measure of the angle equals have of the arc it intersects. For example, if angle ABC equals thirteen, then arc AC equals twenty six because angle ABC equals half of twenty six. So, you multiply thirteen by two. Another thing that I learned was about the multiple intercepted arcs theorem. That is if two inscribed angles of a circle intercept the same one, then the angles are congruent. So, if angle CAD intersect arc CD and angle CBD also intersects arc CD, then angle A is congruent to angle B. The inscribed right triangle theorem is another theorem I learned about. This theorem is when a right triangle is inscribed in a circle if and only if the hypotenuse of the triangle is a diameter of the circle. So, if right triangle ACB is in circle D, then the hypotenuse AB has to be a diameter of circle D. If it is, then the right triangle is a inscribed right triangle. The last theorem I learned about was the inscribed quadrilateral theorem. The inscribed quadrilateral theorem is when a quadrilateral can be inscribed in a circle if and only if the opposite angles are supplementary. For example if quadrilateral ABCD is in circle E, then angle measure of angle A plus measure of angle C equals 180 and measure of angle B plus measure of angle D equals 180 in order for the quadrilateral to be an inscribed quadrilateral. You can use all of these theorems to find angle measure in the specific triangle that you are given. This is all I learned in the video about Inscribed Angles.   

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I commented on Tori Lemke's and Brittany Boettcher's blogs.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

10.2-Measuring Angles and Arcs

    The only thing that I knew before the video was what an arc was and that was the only thing that I knew about before watching the video.
    I learned about the sum of central angles. The sum of central angles is the sum of the measures of the central angles of a circle with no interior points in common is 360. An example is the measure of angle one plus the measure of angle two plus the measure of angle three equals 360. Also I learned about minor arcs, major arcs, and semicircles. A minor arc is the shortest arc connecting two endpoints on a circle. The measure of it is less than 180 and equal to the measure of its related central angle. A major arc is the longest arc connecting two endpoints on a circle. The measure of a major arc is greater than 180 and equal to 180 minus the measure of the minor arc with the same endpoints. A semicircle is an arc with endpoints that lie on a diameter. The measure of a semicircle always equals 180. You can use the sum of central angles, minor arcs, major arcs, and semicircles to find measures of central angles and the value of different angles. Also, I learned about the arc addition postulate. The arc addition postulate is when two arcs added together give you the measure of the two combining arcs. For example the measure of arc ABC equals the measure of arc AB plus the measure of arc BC. You can use this to find the measures of arcs. I also learned about an equation that can help you find the measures of arc lengths, finding the central angle/arc measures, and to find the circumference. The equation is arc AB equals (the measure of arc AB divided by 360) times 2πr. Lastly, I learned about how to find the perimeter of different objects.

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1.) Can someone explain the questions at the end of the video (the perimeters ones)? I don't get how to do it.

2.) On slide 21 can someone explain how to get the circumference? I don't get it.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

10.1-Circles and Circumference



Before the video I knew about the formulas for finding the circumference, radius, and diameter of a circle. Also, I knew about the different parts of a circle (diameter, chord, and radius). Lastly, I knew about how to find the radius and diameter and this is all I knew before the video.
After the video I learned about congruent circles and concentric circles (coplanar circles). For two circles to be congruent, the two circles have to have congruent radii. For two circles to be concentric circles (coplanar circles), they have to have the same center. I also learned about finding measures in intersecting circles. Like one of the questions in the video had you find the length of XY. You where given the diameter of circle X and the diameter of circle Y, which is twenty-two and sixteen. Lastly, you were given the length of WZ, which is five. First, you have to find the radius of the two circles. To find the radius you can use the diameter formula, which is diameter = 2 * radius. Let’s find the radius of circle X. Since you have the diameter of circle X. You plug it in the formula and get 22=2r. Then, you divide 22/2 and get your radius to equal 11. You do the same thing to circle Y and get the radius to equal 8. So, you add 6+5+3 and get 14. So, 14 is the length of XY. The last thing I learned was about finding the exact circumference. All you have to do is find the circumference, but instead of multiplying it by π, you just leave it. For example, if the radius is 6, the formula would look like this: C=2π(6). Then, you multiply 2 times 6 and get 12. So, your exact circumference would be 12π.

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1.) Can someone explain how to get the answer to the question on slide 11? I don’t get it.

2.) Can someone explain how to get the answer to the question on slide 15? I don’t get it.