Solving a Right Triangle

Solve for x. Round to the nearest tenth.

• 15.3
• 16.6
• 24.1
• 24.3

Solve for x. Round to the nearest tenth.

• 74.9
• 3.6
• 63.5
• 54.1

Solve for x. Round to the nearest tenth.

• 19.0
• 20.0
• 21.0
• 20.5

What is the length of side x?

• 6.57 cm
• 7 cm
• 7.44 cm
• 26.33 cm

Find the measure of the missing angle.

• 64^o
• 26^o
• 61^o
• 8^o

Set up the problem so that you can solve for X.

• sin X = 41/28
• tan X = 41/28
• cos X = 28/41
• sin X = 28/41

Solve for the misssing distance

• 18.9 meters
• 19.5 meters
• 47.2 meters
• 27.5 meters

Solve for the missing angle

• 50.5 degrees
• 12.7 degrees
• 36.9 degrees
• 72.2 degrees

Susan is flying a kite, which gets caught in the top of a tree.  Use the diagram to estimate the height of the tree. 

• 63 ft
• 65 ft
• 74 ft
• 87 ft

Example 2: Find, to the nearest degree, the angle which the sun's rays make with the ground when a flagpole 40 feet high casts a shadow 30 feet long.

• 48^o

• 37^o

• 28^o

• 53^o