Right-Angle Real-World Riddles
A window of a burning building is 40 feet above the ground. The base of a ladder is placed 9 feet from the building. How long must the ladder be to reach the window?
What is 41 ft?
Calculate:
Hypotenuse = 5
leg = 4
leg = ?
What is 3?
Convert 0.3907 to a degree angles
What is sin 230?
Given:
Hypotenuse = 4.3cm
Reference angle = 460
Opposite =?
Hint: SOH
What is 3.09cm?
Kristin and her family left their campsite for a hike. They hiked 5km west and then 2 mi north. How far were they as a crow flies from the campsite?
What is 5.95km?
Hypotenuse = 10m
Leg = 8m
Leg = ?
What is 6?
Convert 0.9510 to a degree angle
What is sin 720?
Reference angle = 650
Opposite = 6 ft
Hypotenuse = ?
What is 6.62 ft?
Bob has a 37’ rope that he has attached to the top of a 20’ flagpole. How far will he have to anchor it from the ground?
What is 31.13 ft?
Hypotenuse = 13.73m
Leg = 11.3m
Leg =?
What is 7.8m?
Convert sin 580 to decimals
What is 0.8480?
Hypotenuse = 9.7cm
Reference Angle = 320
Opposite = ?
What is 5.14cm?
A television screen may be described in terms of the diagonal measure of its screen If you have a 50” TV screen and it is 24” high. How wide is it?
What is 43.86 inches?
Hypotenuse = 21.5m
Leg = 19.83m
Leg =?
What is 8.3m?
Convert 0.6518 to a degree angle.
What is 410?
Reference Angle = 420
Opposite = 4m
Hypotenuse = ?
What is 5.98m?
A rectangle is 6 m wide and 11 m long. How long is the diagonal of the rectangle?
What is 12.53m?
Hypotenuse = 7.82m
Leg = 7.11m
Leg = ?
What is 3.26m?
Find the degree for 0.2419
What is 140?
Hypotenuse = 11.2 ft
Opposite = 7.3 ft
Solve for the angle
What is 410?