About Brian Riley

2013-2014 is my 19th year teaching in the Dearborn Public Schools. Graduate of Michigan State University. B.S. Civil Engineering. Graduate of California State University. Secondary Teaching Certificate Graduate of Wayne State University. M. A. Sports Administration. Prior to Teaching at the Early College I taught for 13 years at Fordson High School where I coached baseball for 16 years. Born and raised in Rochester, Michigan Graduate of Rochester Adams High School

Monday, June 4, 2018

Bellwork reviewed using the Law of Sines to find missing parts of a triangle.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 14-5, The Law of Cosines.

Hwk #30 is due tomorrow.  Sec 13-5

Page 810.  Problems 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 25, 26, 33

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 6-4-18

Alg 2B notes 6-4-18

Friday, June 1, 2018

Bellwork reviewed using the Law of Sines and solving a trigonometric equation.

Hwk #29 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed the “Ambiguous Case” when using the Law of Sines.  See page 807 of the textbook.

Next Hwk:  Hwk #30.    Sec 14-5

Page 810.  Problems 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 25, 26, 33

Due date for this assignment is still to be determined.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 6-1-18

Alg 2B notes 6-1-18

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Bellwork reviewed solving trigonometric equations and finding areas of triangles.

The remainder of the period we continued our discussion on Sec 14-4, Law of Sines.  We continued finding areas of triangles using trigonometric functions.

Students were also given Final Exam Reviews for Chapter 13 and the sections over Probability, Statistics, and Outcomes.

Next Hwk:  Hwk #29.  Sec 14-4

Page 803.  Problems 1, 3-5, 11, 12, 17, 18, 28

Due date has yet to be determined.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, copies of the Final Exam Reviews, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 5-30-18

Alg 2B Ch 13 Final Exam Review

Alg 2B Probability, Stats, & Outcomes Final Exam Review

Alg 2B notes 5-30-18