SOH CAH TOA
Which trig function uses opposite / hypotenuse?
What is sine?
The angle from the horizontal looking down is called the __________.
What is the angle of depression?
Find the degree of angle A given opposite = 4 and hypotenuse = 7 to the nearest tenth.
What is 34.8º?
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
What is a2 + b2 = c2 ?
Given a right triangle with AC = 4, CB = 5, and AB = 6.4, write the sine, cosine, and tangent ratios for <A.
What is:
sin A = 5/6.4
cos A = 4/6.4
tan A = 5/4
Which trig function uses opposite / adjacent?
What is tangent?
The angle from the horizontal looking up is called the ___________.
What is the angle of elevation?
What is 45º?
In the Pythagorean theorem, which letter represents the hypotenuse? a, b, or c?
What is c?
Given a right triangle with leg lengths AC = 4, BC = 5, and AB = 6.4, write the sin, cos, and tan ratios for <A.
HINT: set your triangle up properly! Which leg is the hypotenuse?
what is:
sin A = 5/6.4
cos A = 4/6.4
tan A = 5/4
What is SOH CAH TOA used to find?
What are missing sides or angles?
A boy is standing 10 feet away from a 35-foot flagpole. Which trig function should be used to find the angle of elevation from the boy to the top of the flagpole?
What is tangent?
Given a right triangle with leg lengths 5√3 and 5, what is the angle between the two given legs?
What is 90º?
Given a right triangle where
a = 5 and b = 6
What is c to the nearest tenth?
What is 7.8?
115 cos(21º) = 28/x
What is 0.23?
Find the value of y to the nearest whole number given the base of a right triangle = 2√3, height = y, hypotenuse = x, and the angle between the x and y is 30 degrees.
What is y = 6?
You look up at a 62 m tall building and find that the angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the building is 51 degrees. How far away from the building's base are you? (Round to the nearest tenth.)
What is 50.2?
What is 30º?
Given a right triangle where
a = 5 and c = 20
What is b to the nearest tenth?
What is 19.4?
Solve: -10 ÷ (20 ÷ 2² × 5 ÷ 5) × 8 - 2
What is -18?
Find the value of x to the nearest tenth given the base of a right triangle = 2√3, height = y, hypotenuse = x, and the angle between the x and y is 30 degrees.
What is 6.9?
What is the angle of elevation of the sun when the length of the shadow of a tree √3 times the height of the tree?
What is 30º?
What angle degree has a tangent value of 1?
What is 45º?
Given a right triangle where
b = 4 and c = 40
What is c to the nearest tenth?
What is 39.8?
A flagpole stands on level ground. Two cables (x and y) are attached to the pole 16 ft. above the ground. The combined length of the two cables = 50 ft. If cable y is attached to the ground 12 ft from the base of the pole, what is the measure of the angle that cable x makes with the ground? (Round to the nearest hundredth.)
What is 32.23º?