Determining When to Use Sine, Cosine, or Tangent

Determine whether to use sin, cos, or tan to find x.

• sin

• cos

• tan

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.6

Determine whether to use sin, cos, or tan to find x.

• sin

• cos

• tan

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.6

Determine whether to use sin, cos, or tan to find d.

• sin

• cos

• tan

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

Determine whether to use sin, cos, or tan to find x.

• sin

• cos

• tan

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.6

A tourist views a deer from a height of 45 feet.  The horizontal distance between the tourist and the deer is 130 feet.  At what angle (x) should the tourist hold his camera to photograph the deer? Round your answer to the nearest degree.  

• 19 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 71 degrees

• 138 degrees 

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

Find \( \sin A \)

• 32/40

• 32/24

• 24/40

• 24/32

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.6

What is the sine of the 56 degree angle?

• 3/4

• 3/5

• 4/5

• 4/3

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.6

Find the exact value of the indicated trigonometric function of θ. cos θ = 8/9, tan θ < 0. Find sin θ.

• -√17

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CCSS.HSF.TF.C.8

Find sin A

• 32/40

• 32/24

• 24/40

• 24/32

• 40/24

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

Find sinC

• 21/35

• 28/21

• 35/28

• 28/35

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.6