Applications
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?
Sine of 150 degrees
What is 1/2?
This trigonometry ratio uses the fraction adjacent over hypotenuse
What is cosine?
The conversion from this radian measure to degrees is 90 degrees
What is pi/2?
The angle corresponding to this reference angle is 150 degrees
What is 30 degrees?
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?
Sine 90 degrees
What is 1?
This trig ratio uses the fraction opposite over adjacent
What is Tangent?
The conversion from this radian measure to degrees is 180 degrees
What is pi/6?
The angle corresponding to this reference angle is 45 degrees
What is 45 degrees?
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?
The cosine of 3pi/2
What is 0?
This trig ratio uses the fraction hypotenuse over opposite.
What is cosecant?
The conversion from this radian measure to degrees is 135 degrees
What is 3pi/4?
The angle corresponding to this reference angle is 240 degrees
What is 60 degrees?
The angle of depression of a sledding run 300 yards long with a vertical drop of 27.6 yards
What is 5.3 degrees?
Tangent of pi/2
What is undefined?
This trig ratio uses the fraction hypotenuse over adjacent
What is secant?
The conversion from this radian measure to degrees is 330 degrees
What is 11pi/6
The angle corresponding to this reference angle is 2pi/3
What is pi/3?
he 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?
Sine 4pi/3
What is -sqrt3/2?
This equation uses the terms of sine and cosine to find another trig ratio
What is Tangent?
The conversion from this radian measure to degrees is 390 degrees
What is 13pi/6?
The angle corresponding to this reference angle is 7pi/4
What is pi/4?