Applying Ratios to Triangles

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which method should you use to solve this triangle?

• law of sines

• law of cosines

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Which Law would you use?

• Law of Sines

• Law of Cosines

• Law of the Jungle

• Law of Gravity

Parker must find the distance from Point A to Point B on opposite sides of a lake. He locates Point C that is 860 feet from point A and 175 feet from Point B. He measures the angle at Point C to be 78 degrees. Find the distance from point A to point B.

• 707643.58

• 841.22

• 877.62

• 845.01

The 2 shapes are similar. Find missing side

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• 7

• 9

• 11

Using a proportion, find the height of the tree.

• x = 0.0625 ft.

• 1.6 feet

• x = 16 ft.

A 25-foot flagpole casts a shadow that is 37.5 feet long. A man standing near the flagpole is 6 feet tall. At the same time of day, how long is his shadow?

• 4 ft

• 9 ft

• 12 ft

• 15 ft

To find the height of a very tall pine tree, you place a mirror on the ground and stand where you can see the top of the pine tree.  How tall is the tree? Hint: the figures are similar triangles.

• 8 feet

• 72 feet

• 36 feet

• 144 feet

State the postulate that proves these triangles are similar.

• SSS~

• SAS~

• AA~

• Not similar, b/c ratios are not equal

Determine whether the triangles are similar by AA~, SSS~, SAS~, or not similar.

• AA~

• SAS~

• SSS~

• Not Similar