What is the last function in SOHCAHTOA?
TANGENT OR TAN
What acronym is used to remember trig functions?
SOHCAHTOA
What do inverse trig functions find?
They find the unknown measure of an angle of a right triangle when two side lengths are known.
A 9.0 m ladder rests against the side of a wall. The bottom of the ladder is 1.5 m from the base of the wall. Determine the measure of the angle between the ladder and the ground, to the nearest degree.
80 degrees
What is a right triangle?
A triangle with a right angle.
What does the ratio Adjacent/Hypotenuse represent?
Cosine (Cos)
A wheelchair ramp is 4.2 m long. It rises 0.7 m. What is its angle of inclination to the nearest degree?
10 Degrees
What is the Pythagorean theorem formula?
a2 + b2 = c2
From a horizontal distance of 80.0 m, the angle of elevation to the top of a flagpole is 18°. Calculate the height of the flagpole to the nearest tenth of a meter.
26 m
Is this a right triangle?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1monmcfKLOUBeFUcQU0sFnabm6TD3dyNLICkwlGz-p7Y/edit?usp=sharing
Yes
INVERSE TANGENT(TAN)
The angle of elevation of the sun is 68° when a tree casts a shadow 14.3 m long. How tall is the tree, to the nearest tenth of a meter?
35.4 m
A person flying a kite has released 176 m of string. The string makes an angle of 27° with the ground. How high is the kite? How far away is the kite horizontally? Answer to the nearest meter.
80 m high, 157 m away
x = 34, y = 17 sqrt(3)