SohCahToa
Elevation + Depression
Right Triangle Trig
Laws
Mystery
100

Cos = ?

A/H.

100

Sighting the top of a building, a construction worker measured the angle of elevation to be 22°. The transit is 5 feet above ground and 300 feet from the building. Find the buildings height. Round to the nearest foot.

126 feet

100

Find the area of a triangle having two sides of lengths 10 meters and 2 meters and an included angle of 40°. Round to the nearest sq. meter.

6.5m2

100

Name one of the possible formulas for the Law of Cosines.

#1 - a^2 = b^2 + c^2 - 2bc cos(A)

#2 - b^2 = a^2 + c^2 - 2ac cos(B)

#3 - c^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2ab cos(C)

100

Pythagorean Theorem Formula?

a2+ b2 = c2.

200

Using SohCahToa solve the missing angle:

Tan(θ) = 3/2.

θ = 56.3°

200

A man is in a boat that is floating 130 feet from the base of an 160 foot cliff. What is the angle of depression between the cliff and the boat? Round to the nearest whole number.

θ = 51°

200

Solve the RIGHT triangle ABC. A=12°, b=15, and C = 90°.



B=78°, c≈15.3, a≈3.22.

200

What is the formula for Law of Sine?

a/Sin(A) = b/Sin(B) = c/Sin(C)

200

What is the Cot(θ)?

1. H/O             3. A/O

2. O/A             4. A/H


3. A/O

300

Use SohCahToa to find side c.

A = 26°, a = 3001. 

c = 3338.9

300

A ladder that is 45 feet long needs to reach 34 feet up a building. What should the angle off of the vertical be?

θ = 49.1°

300

Write all trigonometric functions and solve the right triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem. 

a = 18, b = 9, C = 90°, A = 30°.




A = 30°, B = 60°, C = 90° 

a = 18, b = 9, c = 20.12

Sin(θ) = 9/20.12 Cos(θ) = 18/20.12   Tan(θ) = 9/18

Csc(θ) = 20.12/9 Sec(θ) = 20.12/18   Cot(θ) = 2

300

Solve triangle DEF if D = 50°, E = 14.5°, and e = 11.

D = 50°      E = 14.5°    F = 115.5°

d = 9.26     e = 11         f = 39.6


300

If the secant of a triangle equals 4/3 (Sec(4/3). Solve the sides of the Triangle. θ = 25°.


Adjacent = 3

Opposite ≈  1.4 

Hypotenuse = 4

400

Using SohCahToa, find the missing angle. 

c = √3, a = 2, B = θ, C = 90°

θ = Undefined

400

A kite flies at a height of 30 feet when 55 feet of string is out. If the string is in a straight line, find the angle that it makes with the ground. Round to the nearest tenth of a degree.

θ = 33°

400

Little Timmy sees a bird 25 feet off of the ground at an elevation of 44.4°. What's the distance between Timmy and the bird?

Approximately 35 feet.

400

In order to find the distance across a wooded forest, a builder makes measurements. Use these measurements to find the distance from A to B to the nearest yard. (Law of Cosines) 

b = 45 yards, a = 100 yards, and C = 70°.

Distance from A to B, (C), is ≈95 yards.

400

Find the area of the oblique triangle. 

(Hint:1/2(b)(c)Sin(A))

A = 38°, b = 27 feet, c = 35 feet.


 a ≈ 290.9 feet2

500

Using SohCahToa, find the missing angles and sides. Round to the nearest whole.

B = 34°, C = 90°, A = θ, c = 9, b = 5

A = 56°, B = 34°, C = 90°

a = 7, b = 5, c = 9

500

You are in a helicopter ride and the helicopter is ascending straight up. Your brother is standing on level ground, 200 feet away from your point of take-off. At one instant a video camera captures your angle of elevation at 31°. One minute later, the angle of elevation is 81°. How far did you travel, to the nearest foot in that minute?

1143 feet.

500

What is the Cot(60°) in a 30°,60°,90° triangle?

√3/3

500

Solve this SSA triangle using the Law of Sines (2 Solutions). Round to the nearest whole number.

A = 40°, a = 54, and b = 62. 

Triangle 1: A = 40°, B = 47.6°, C = 92.4°, a = 54,  b = 62, and c = 84.

Triangle 2: A = 40°, B = 132°, C = 8°, a = 54, b = 62, and c = 12.

500

You're skydiving and your friend is taking photos from the ground of you at an angle of 58° and your friend is 200 yards away from your landing spot. When you pull your parachute the angle is 15°. How many feet did you travel between photos?

266.4 feet