Finding an Angle in a Right Angled Triangle You can find the Angle from Any Two Sides We can find an unknown angle in a right-angled triangle‚ as long as we know the lengths of two of its sides.  Example A 5ft ladder leans against a wall as shown. What is the angle between the ladder and the wall? (Note: we also solve this on Solving Triangles by Reflection but now we solve it in a more general way.) The answer is to use Sine‚ Cosine or Tangent! But which one to use? We have a special
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death is a state of affairs that is inescapable. Stephen Rosenbaum‚ a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas‚ writes the essay “How to Be Dead and Not care” where he introduces Epicurus’ argument‚ defends and explicates it while also incorporating an American philosopher Thomas Nagel‚ objections to the argument. Evidently Rosenbaum’s essay serves as an insight for readers to learn how to value and repurpose their lives to be better than they are. Personally I do believe that death
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Dead Metaphor In his most recent play‚ Dead Metaphor‚ George Walker uses strong character development to strengthen his claim that the internal struggles of each character affect society’s balance of good and bad. Dean‚ the main character‚ recently returned from the war‚ where he served as an army sniper‚ in order to start a family; however‚ he is having problems finding a job due to his background with the army. He is soon faced with a difficult decision when three people in his life ask him
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1.8.4 Journal: Consecutive Angle Theorem Journal Geometry Sem 1 (S2444116) AUSTIN HERNANDEZ Points possible: 20 Date: ____________ Making the Slopes Safer for Skiers Instructions: View the video found on page 1 of this journal activity. Using the information provided in the video‚ answer the questions below. Show your work for all calculations 1. The Students’ Conjectures: (3 points: 1 point each) a. What conjecture is being made? Managing the flow of downhill skiers
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Is Chivalry Dead Chivalry has never been real from the beginning of time. “Chivalry” was just a practice of being nice to women in ancient times. The world has changed a lot sense ancient times. Ancient times are called just that for a reason‚ they are ancient and in the past. Ancient times are based on ancient thinking that is even older than the times itself. To move forward in today’s world you have to think towards the future‚ not in the past. To think of chivalry as being “alive”
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Homer the Greek Poet “The Greeks recognized Homer as the educator of all Greece”. Two long epic poems‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey were written by Homer. The Iliad and the Odyssey set the start of all Greek literature. The setting of the Iliad and the Odyssey is in ancient Greece in the time frame at around 1200 B.C‚ up to 500 years after the Trojan War took place. In Homer’s poem he sometimes mentioned the name of some Greek gods. “The Olympian gods as Homer represented them became accepted all over
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The day of the dead is an ancient ritual. It has been a holiday for over 500 years. It is a national holiday which has combined the Mexican ancient ritual with the Spanish-Catholic "All Souls Day"‚ which the Spanish conquistadores celebrated during the religious conversion of the local Mexican native Indians. Today‚ day of the dead is celebrated throughout Latin America‚ as an official Catholic holiday. The day of the dead dates back to approximately 3500 B.C. This celebration initially took
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childhood because my entire attention was primarily focused on who was playing and I wasn’t distracted by anything else. In Nick Paumgarten’s essay‚ “We Are a Camera”‚ we are introduced to the GoPro camera through the different stories of people using them‚ or misusing them‚ to
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What is the Day of the Dead? The Day of the Dead is a holiday that originates in Mexico. The main focus of it is to celebrate and remember dead loved ones with friends and family. The celebration takes place on October 31‚ November 1 and November 2. The celebration is dedicated to La Calavera Catrina‚ who has become a symbol for the holiday. The Day of the Dead has become one of the largest holidays in Mexican culture. What countries celebrate the Day of the Dead? The holiday is especially
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In our society‚ technology is becoming an increasingly prevalent in people’s daily lives. Technology creates a multiple uses in every platform‚ like communication‚ business related‚ or leisure time. However‚ the increase use of technology has concerned many people. In Andrew Sullivan’s article‚ "Society Is Dead‚ We Have Retreated into the iWorld" he gives the reader the most cliche message‚ that technology is destroying our society. Sullivan explains that people are becoming less socially interactive
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