Which Ratio
Use it when you know the length of the hypotenuse and the adjacent leg.
What is Cosine?
The maximum height that a 20 foot ladder can reach safely if we follow the suggestion that the ladder should not make an angle greater that 75 degrees with the ground.
What is 19.32 ft?
Use it when you know the hypotenuse and the opposite leg.
What is Sine?
The angle of elevation of the sun when a 7.6 meter flagpole casts an 18.2 meter shadow, rounded to the nearest degree.
What is 22.7 degrees?
Use it when you know the two legs.
What is Tangent?
The angle of depression of a sledding run 300 yards long with a vertical drop of 27.6 yards.
What is 5.3 degrees?
Use it when you know want to know the opposite leg and you know the measure of the angle and other leg.
What is Tangent?
The length of a ski run with a vertical drop of 1100 feet and angle of elevation of 24.4 degrees.
What is 2663 ft?
Use it when you want to know the opposite leg and you know the measure of the angle and hypotenuse.
What is Sine?
The distance above sea level after a plane ascends from 1 mile at a 3 degree angle for 60 ground miles.
What is 4.1 mi?