In this video I will show you how to determine the distance and bearing from a word problem. First we will create a picture ...

In this video, I show you how to set up a word problem and solve it using the trigonometric ratio. In this case, we will find the height of a building using the tangent function. I make short, ...

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.