Applications of Trigonometry

find X

• 52

• 33

• 41

• 29

Find AB

• 10.03

• 8.04

• 6.10

• 4.93

Solve for side AB

• 37mm

• 44mm

• 57mm

• 18mm

Kevin leans a 16 foot ladder l against a building. If the angle the ladder makes with the ground is 68°, how high up the building does the ladder reach?

• 39.6

• 6.0

• 14.8

• 13.6

Jordan is stuck at the top of a Ferris wheel. Her mother is standing 38 feet from the base of the wheel watching her. If the angle of elevation from Jordan's mom to Jordan is 73^o, how far off the ground is Jordan?

• 118.2 ft

• 120.9 ft

• 124.3 ft

• 126.5 ft

You are attacking an enemy castle. Your strategy is to go over the castle wall. You are 1500 meters away from the bottom of the wall. You measure the angle of elevation to the top of the wall at 3^o. How tall is the enemy castle wall?

• 78.6 meters

• 1498.0 meters

• 78.5 meters

• 75.3 meters

What is the correct equation?

• sin 40 = w/28

• cos 40 = w/28

• tan 40 = w/28

• sin 40 = 28/w

Solve for x.

• 24.20

• 4.92

• 290.4

• 29.75

What is the area of the provided triangle?

• 66.24

• 132.49

• 41.58

• 81.36

In a right triangle, one side other than the hypotenuse is 8 cm and an acute angle is 45°. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

• 4 cm

• 8 cm

• 8√2 cm

• None of the above