WPP#12

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WPP#11

Peter's Planned Prank

Peter plans to make his way on top of the field goal post during his high schools football game dressed in a chicken mascot suit. He plans to dance and get the crowds attention as a prank. He is contemplating the best way to boost his way up to the field goal post and decides using a ladder will be the most  efficient way. If the post is 12 feet high and Peter plans to place the ladder 9 feet away from the base of the post, how long will the ladder have to be in order to get up onto the field goal post?

Unit Circle Right Triangle

The unit circle consists of four right triangles. since we know our radius is equal to one, this is like our hypotnuse of a right triangle. Since our hypotnuse is equal to 1, and our hypotnuse is also equal to 2n, when we set 2n eqaul to one we find out that n is equal to 1/2. When we set it equal to n radical 3 on the x axis, and multiply it by 1/2 we find out our x is equal to radical 3 over 2. This is like a point on a unit circle being (radical 3 over 2, 1/2 ).