Solving Right Triangles All Strategies

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

Solve for the missing piece

• 41

• 27.4

• 0.6561

• 11.8

Which tool would you use?

• Sine

• Cosine

• Tangent

• Pythagorean Theorem

Which tool would you use?

• Sine

• Cosine

• Tangent

• Pythagorean Theorem

Which would you use to solve for the missing piece?

Which would you use to solve for the missing piece?

Which would you use to solve for the missing piece?

Which would you use to solve for the missing piece?