Solve Missing Side with Sohcahtoa

• A
• B
• C
• D

Solve for the missing distance.

• 18.9

• 19.5

• 47.3

• 27.5

Susan is flying a kite, which gets caught in the top of a tree.  Use the diagram to estimate the height of the tree. 

• 63.6 ft

• 1.59 ft

• 74.2 ft

• 86.9 ft

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 20 in.

• 68 in.

• 16 in.

• 80 in.

Find the value of cos X.

• 3/5

• 3/4

• 4/5

• 4/3

What can you find with trig ratios?

• Missing sides

• missing angles

• area of a triangle

• missing sides, angles and area of a triangle

Find tanZ

• 35/21

• 21/28

• 35/28

• 28/21

A hawk sitting on a tree branch spots a mouse on the ground 15 feet from the base of the tree.  The hawk swoops down toward the mouse at an angle of 30 degrees. Would you estimate the distance from the tree branch to the mouse to be less than, greater than, or equal to 15ft? 

• greater than 15ft

• less than 15ft

• equal to 15ft

Solve for x. 

• 44.0

• 41.4

• 1.12

• 0.723

Find Cos(A) as a decimal rounded the the nearest ten-thousandth.

• .4706

• .875

• .8824

• .5333