What is the pythagorean theorem?
a^2+b^2=c^2
What are the two special right triangles?
30^\circ - 60^\circ- 90^\circ
and
45^\circ - 45^\circ - 90^\circ
What helps you remember your three ratios of side lengths in a right triangle?
SOHCAHTOA
Determine which of the two acute angles has the given cosine ratio:
3/5
.
\angle C
What do you use to find an acute angle in a right triangle given only side lengths?
An inverse function!
What are a, b, and c in the pythagorean theorem?
the sides in a right triangle - a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse
What is true about the lengths of the two legs in a
45^\circ-45^\circ-90^\circ
Their measures are equal!
Describe what sine, cosine, and tangent are.
These are all three ratios of side lengths in a triangle given a reference angle.
sin\theta = O / H
COS\theta = A / H
tan\theta = O / A
You are skiing on a mountain. Find the distance x from you to the base
of the mountain.
3,349 ft
Given:
cos Q = 0.32
Find
m\angle Q
71.3^\circ
Find x.
x=29
Find x.
x=7
Find
cosN
3/5
Find the tangent of the smaller acute angle in a right triangle with side lengths 8, 15, and 17.
8/15
Find BC to the nearest tenth.
BC = 11.2
Determine whether the segment lengths (6, 8, and 9) form a triangle and if so, classify it by its angles.
yes; acute
Find x.
x=16\sqrt3
Find s rounded to the nearest tenth.
x=31.3
Find the height of the roller
coaster.
309.7 ft
Find
m\angle B
41.8^\circ
Find x and simplify.
x=2\sqrt30
Find x and y.
x=16
y=16\sqrt2
Find x rounded to the nearest tenth.
x = 12.8
You look up at a drone at an angle of elevation of 23°. Your eyes are 5 feet above the ground, and the distance to the drone is 210 feet. What is the altitude of the drone?
87.1 ft
Describe how you could go about "solving the right triangle" below.
Answers may vary. *One option: Use pythagorean theorem to find the third side... Use inverse cosine to find the measure of angle Z... subtract this and the measure of angle Y from 180 to find the measure of angle X