Transcript Triangles_and_Islam

Triangles and Islam
The Islamic use of astronomical
instruments has been a large influence to
the western world
The Islamic world used some advanced
mathematics known as trigonometry.
• This is all to do with triangles
• We can explore some of the things they did by
using some more simple properties of triangles.
Find out more
•The red button will tell you more about the
properties of triangles
•The blue button will explain how the Islamic world
used this knowledge to great effect.
Introduction to
Triangles
The
Umbra Recta