Solving Triangles with Trig

Solve for the misssing distance

• 18.9 meters

• 19.5 meters

• 47.2 meters

• 27.5 meters

Set up an equation that could be used to solve for the variable.

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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 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

Set up an equation that could be used to solve for the variable.

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What is tan(A)?

• X / Y

• Y / X

• Z / Y

• X/ Z

Set up an equation that could be used to solve for the variable.

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