In #MathsToday, Precalc Ss (11th grade) revisited Geometry through Law of Cosines.
Reframed Tri Congruence Thms so that it's not about comparing corr. sides/angles, but that, i.e., given 3 lengths, there is exactly one triangle possible.
Today was abt. connecting the algebra, geom, & trig:
![A little while later (p. 295):
I’d shown [Brandon] the shuriken and allowed him to read the description. “These things are more powerful than you realize,” he’d said, voice filling with awe. “Do the math. Compounding damage means if you poke something 200 times, it’s like literally millions of points of damage.”
Is Brandon correct?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qzt3tythekurcwlhyib2xsdu/bafkreifkij2o7by2ywcsz32xhy4obwhz3mn5qh53zhm5y4oo7vsmeovh4a)
