Which Ratio?
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Applications
100
Use it when you know the length of the hypotenuse and the adjacent leg.
What is Cosine?
100

What is the ratio for sin?

What is Opposite over Hypotenuse?

100

Find the missing Side: Theta = 37 Adjacent = 11 Hypotenuse = ?

What is 13.8?

100
The maximum height that a 20 foot ladder can reach safely if we follow the suggestion that the ladder should not make an angle grater that 75 degrees with the ground.
What is 19.32 ft?
200
Use it when you know the hypotenuse and the opposite leg.
What is Sine?
200

What is the ratio of tangent?

What is opposite over adjacent?

200

Find the missing side: Theta = 32 Adjacent = 13 Opposite = x

What is 8.1?

200
The distance above sea level after a plane ascends from 1 mile at a 3 degree angle for 60 ground miles.
What is 4.1 mi?
300
Use it when you know the two legs.
What is Tangent?
300

What is the ratio of cosine?

What is adjacent over Hypotenuse??

300

Find the missing side: Adjacent = x Theta = 60 Hypotenuse = 11

What is 5.5?

300
The angle of elevation of the sun when a 7.6 meter flagpole casts an 18.2 meter shadow, rounded to the nearest degree.
What is 22.7 m?
400
Use it when you know want to know the opposite leg and you know the measure of the angle and other leg.
What is Tangent?
400

Find the missing side: Theta = 50.1 Adjacent = 5 Opposite = x

What is 6?

400
The angle of depression of a sledding run 300 yards long with a vertical drop of 27.6 yards.
What is 5.3 degrees?
500
Use it when you want to know the opposite leg and you know the measure of the angle and hypotenuse.
What is Sine?
500

Find the missing side: Opposite = 4 Adjacent = x Theta = 41

What is 4.6?

500
The length of a ski run with a vertical drop of 1100 feet and angle of elevation of 24.4 degrees.
What is 2663 ft?
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