Name the Trig Function
Trig Ratios
Trig Vocabulary
Angles of Depression and Elevation
Math Jokes
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100
The trig function that is defined as opposite over hypotenuse.
SINE
100
What is the tangent ratio?
24/7
100
The side opposite the right angle of a right triangle.
Hypotenuse
100
The angle from the horizontal line of sight looking down is called the ______________________.
The angle of depression
100
Why do you never argue with a 90 degree angle?
Because it is always right
100
What is the value of x?
15.4
200
This trig function is defined as opposite over adjacent.
TANGENT
200
Solve for the measure of angle B.
angle B = 56.25 degrees
200
What is the only type of triangle you can use trig ratios with?
a right angle triangle
200
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.
50.2 m
200
Why you should take your math teacher along to the bank?
So they can COSINE your loan
200
What is the RATIO for the SinC
9/41
300
This trig function is defined as adjacent over hypotenuse.
COSINE
300
What is the value of x?
x=43.8
300
How do you choose which sides are your opposite and adjacent?
Based on the angle you care about
300
What is the angle of elevation of the sun when the length of the shadow of a 18 foot tall tree is 36 feet? Round to the nearest whole degree.
27º
300
What do you call a man that spent all summer at the beach?
a tan-gent
300
Given a right triangle with leg lengths of 5√3 and 5, what is the angle between the two given legs?
90º
400
Use this trig function when you do not have the hypotenuse but you have the other two sides.
TANGENT
400
What trig ratio do you need to use to solve for BC? What is the length of BC?
Cosine
BC = 1.71
400
The acute angle between the horizontal line of sight and another line segment above the horizontal?
the angle of elevation
400
The length of the wire that is strectched from the top of a pole to the ground, where the length between the base of the pole and the point where the wire meets the ground is 15 m. The angle made with the wire and the ground is 30 degrees. Round to the nearest hundredth.
17.32 m
400
What is the trigonometry teacher’s favorite food?
COS-slaw
400
What trig function would you need to use to find the value of x? What is the value of x?
SINE function
x=33.3
500
What are trig ratios used to solve for? What do you think inverse trig ratios used to solve for?
Trig ratios are used to solve for a side in right triangles and inverse trig ratios are used to solve for an angle in right triangles.
500
Find the missing angle measure.
53 degrees
500
The 2 acute angles in a right triangle total the following degree _________
90
500
The distance a plane must fly to be directly above a tree if the airplane is flying at a height of 2 metres above level ground and the angle of depression from the plane to the foot of the tree is 15º. Round to the nearest tenth.
7.4 m
500
Why do teachers from Las Vegas focus so much on Trigonometry?
Because it's SIN city
500
What trig function would you need to use to find the value of x? What is the value of x?
Tangent Function
x=99.8