Definitions, Please
Gettin' Triggy
Elevate
Extra-Extra!
100
This trigonometry ratio relates the adjacent side divided by the hypotenuse
What is cosine?
100
Find the tangent of angle theta. Leave as a trigonometric ratio.
What is tangent theta=8/15?
100
In your own words, define an angle of elevation.
An angle of elevation is the angle formed between a horizontal line and the line of sight when an observer looks upward.
100
What is the Tan(B) in simplest fractional form?
Tan(B)=24/10 =12/5
200
This trigonometry ratio relates the opposite side divided by the hypotenuse
What is sine?
200
DD! Using trigonometry, solve the value for x. Leave your answer as a trigonometric ratio.
Cos 37 = adj / hyp
Cos 37 = x / 11
(11*Cos 37 = x
x = 8.8)
200
Which angle is the angle of elevation?
What is 30 degrees?
200
What is the Sin(B) in simplest fractional form?
Sin(B)=24/26 = 12/13
300
Which side of a triangle is opposite the right angle?
hypotenuse
300
Using trigonometry, find the value for x. Leave your answer as a trigonometric ratio.
Tan 54 = opp / adj
Tan 54 = x / 5
(5*Tan 54 = x
x = 6.9m)
300
Set up the trigonometric ratio to solve for the length of the shadow.
tan 58=opposite/adjacent
tan 58=10/x
300
Solve for x.
What is 56 degrees?
400
The number of degrees in every triangle.
What is 180 degrees?
400
Using trigonometry, calculate the value for x. Leave your answer as a trigonometric ratio.
Sin 28 = opp / hyp
Sin 28 = x / 50
(50 *Sin 28 = x
x = 23.5m)
400
Jenny was trying to get her cat out of the tree. Jenny was standing 3 feet from the base of the tree and the angle of elevation from Jenny to her cat was 65o. How high off the ground was the cat? Write a trig ratio of how to solve for the height.
Jenny's cat was a little more than 6 feet up the tree.
The ratio is tan 65=x/3
400
Write the cosine of 16 degrees as a trig ratio
cos 16=adj/hyp
cos 16=a/20
500
The step taken in solving equations algebraically to undo an operation (or the opposite of an operation).
inverse
500
What is the measure of angle A? Leave your answer as a trigonometric ratio.
Sin A=(O/H)
Sin A = (12/22)
500
What angle does the rocket have to fly at to reach the rocket base 300 km above Earth? Write the trig ratio to find the angle.
Tan θ = 300 / 90
θ = Tan -1 ( 300 / 90 )
θ = 73 degrees
500
Write a trig ratio to find the value of x.
tan 27=opposite/adjacent
tan 27=28/x