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100

This trigonometry ratio relates the adjacent and  hypotenuse sides

What is cosine?

100

Calculate the value of sin 27o   (round to the nearest thousandth)

sin 27o = 0.454

100

What is the value of the long leg (x) and the hypotenuse (y)?

x=3sqrt3sqrt3 

x=3*sqrt9

x=3*3

x=9

y=2*3sqrt3

y=6sqrt3

100

What angle does the rocket have to fly at to reach the rocket base 300 km above Earth?

Tan θ = 300 / 90

θ = Tan -1 ( 300 / 90 )

θ = 73 degrees

100

What is the Tan(B) in simplest fractional form?

Tan(B)=24/10 =12/5

200

This trigonometry ratio relates the opposite and hypotenuse sides

What is sine?

200

DD! Using trigonometry, solve the value for x:

Cos 37 = adj / hyp

Cos 37 = x / 11

11*Cos 37 = x

x = 8.8

200

What is the value of x & y?

x =4

y=8

200

The distance from a boat to a lighthouse is 100 feet and the lighthouse is 120 feet tall. What is the angle of depression from the top of the Lighthouse to the boat.

50.2o

200

What is the Sin(C) in simplest fractional form?

Sin(B)=24/26 = 12/13


300

Which side of a triangle is opposite the right angle?

hypotenuse

300

Using trigonometry, find the value for x:

Tan 54 = opp / adj

Tan 54 = x / 5

5*Tan 54 = x

x = 6.9m

300

What is the value of x & y?

x=4sqrt3

y=8sqrt3

300

A stunt man was jumping from a cliff onto a boat below. If the angle of depression was 48o and the boat was 15 feet from the base of the cliff. How far would he fall before hitting the boat? Round to the nearest foot.

The boat is about 17 feet below the cliff

300

Solve for x; round to the nearest whole degree.

34 degrees

400

The name of two angles that added together makes 90o.

complementary angles

400

Using trigonometry, calculate the value for x:

Sin 28 = opp / hyp

Sin 28 = x / 50

50 *Sin 28 = x

x = 23.5m

400

What is the value of x and y?

x=5sqrt2

y=5sqrt2

400

Jenny was trying to get her cat out of the tree. Jenny was standing 3 feet from the base of the tree and the angle of elevation from Jenny to her cat was 65o. How high off the ground was the cat? Round to the nearest foot.

Jenny's cat was a little more than 6 feet up the tree.

400

Honors Only:

Use the law of cosines to solve for the value of x. Round to the nearest thousandths.

500

The step taken in solving equations algebraically to undo an operation (or the opposite of an operation).

inverse

500

What is the measure of angle A? (Round to the nearest hundredth)

Sin-1(12/22)

33.06o

500

Challenge: Solve for the value of x and y.

x=4sqrt5

y=4sqrt15

500

A woman is standing in a glass elevator looking out at the ground. The angle of depression between her and a statue on the ground is 20.6°. 

The statue is 120 feet from the ground exit of the elevator. If each story is 9 feet high, what floor is the woman and the elevator on?

5th floor/story

500

Honors Only:

Use the law of sine to solve for the value of x.

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