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Gary Gladding
published by the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group
This interactive example takes learners step-by-step through a trigonometry problem. It shows a person on the ground looking up to sight both a treetop and a building top along an a line. Given the distances from the person of the tree and building, plus the angle of the line-of-sight, students use trigonometry to determine the difference in height between the building and tree. A user-activated "help" sequence is provided for each step of the problem-solving, from conceptual analysis through calculation.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6415">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Trigonometry. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006.</a>
AIP Format
G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/01/trigonometry).
AJP/PRST-PER
G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Trigonometry (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/01/trigonometry>.
APA Format
Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Trigonometry. Retrieved May 2, 2025, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/01/trigonometry
Chicago Format
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Trigonometry. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/01/trigonometry (accessed 2 May 2025).
MLA Format
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Trigonometry. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 2 May 2025 <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/01/trigonometry>.
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@misc{
Author = "Gary Gladding",
Title = {Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Trigonometry},
Publisher = {University of llinois Physics Education Research Group},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {2 May 2025},
Month = {June 16, 2006},
Year = {2006}
}
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%A Gary Gladding %T Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Trigonometry %D June 16, 2006 %I University of llinois Physics Education Research Group %C Urbana %U https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/01/trigonometry %O text/html
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