Act 1
How many degrees did he have to turn the wheel?
Write down a guess.
Here’s a Desmos Activity for it.
Note: This video was taken from American Ninja Warrior.
Act 2
3. What information would be useful to figure this out?
4. Write down some questions you have in your head right now.
Act 3
Was the show correct? Have a class debate and maybe contact the producers 🙂
standards
Common Core
HSG.C.A.2 - Identify and describe relationships among inscribed angles, radii, and chords. Include the relationship between central, inscribed, and circumscribed angles; inscribed angles on a diameter are right angles; the radius of a circle is perpendicular to the tangent where the radius intersects the circle.
TEKS
G.12(A) - apply theorems about circles, including relationships among angles, radii, chords, tangents, and secants, to solve non-contextual problems