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Teaching Algebra with Manipulatives

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NAME ______________________________________________ DATE ____________ PERIOD ____<br />

<strong>Algebra</strong> Activity Recording Sheet<br />

(Use <strong>with</strong> the activity on page 626 in Lesson 11-7 of the Student Edition.)<br />

Make a Hypsometer<br />

Materials:<br />

piece of string, straw, paper clip, protractor, tall object outside,<br />

yardstick<br />

Analyze<br />

1. Make a sketch of your measurements. Use the equation tan (angle of<br />

height of object x<br />

elevation) , where x represents distance from the<br />

distance of object<br />

ground to your eye level, to find the height of the object.<br />

2. Why do you have to subtract the angle measurement on the hypsometer<br />

from 90° to find the angle of elevation?<br />

3. Compare your answer <strong>with</strong> someone who measured the same object.<br />

Did your heights agree? Why or why not?<br />

© Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 192 <strong>Teaching</strong> <strong>Algebra</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Manipulatives</strong>

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