Applications of Solving Right Triangles

Solve for x. Round to the nearest tenth.

• 28.7

• 3.3

• 53.3

• 43.5

Solve for x. Round to the nearest tenth.

• 25.7

• 35.4

• 6.4

• 5.6

Solve for x. Round to the nearest tenth.

• 18.7

• 8.8

• 14.0

• 10.3

What is the length of side x?

• 6.57 cm

• 7 cm

• 7.44 cm

• 26.33 cm

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

What is the cos(T)?

• 7/24

• 7/25

• 24/25

• 25/24

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