Title: Introduction to Trigonometry
1SOHCAHTOA
- passport to Trigonometry Land ...
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2Oops! Not a triangle!
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- I am sorry.
- I am not a triangle!
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3I am a Triangle!
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- Good job!
- You know me!
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4What is a triangle?
- A triangle is a polygon made up of three
connected line segments in such a way that each
side is connected to the other two.
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5Examples of triangles...
- All these polygons are tri-gons and commonly
called triangles
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6These are not triangles...
- None of these is a triangle...
Can you tell why not?
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7Try it yourself...
- Click on each one that IS a triangle?
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8Right triangles
- A right triangle is a special triangle that has
one of its angles a right angle. - You can tell it is a right triangle when when one
angle measures 900 or the right angle is marked
by a little square on the angle whose measure is
900.
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9These are right triangles...
All right triangles
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10These are not right triangles...
- These triangles are NOT right triangles. Explain
why not?
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11Try it yourself ...
- Click on the triangle that is NOT a right
triangle?
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12I am a right triangle
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- I am sorry you did not recognize me as one.
- I am a right triangle!
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13Correct That is not a right Triangle
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- Well done!
- You know your right triangles well!
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14Hypotenuse
- The longest side of a right triangle is the
hypotenuse. - The hypotenuse lies directly opposite the right
angle. - The legs may be equal in length or one may be
longer than the other.
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15Parts of a right triangle ...
- A right triangle has two legs and a hypotenuse...
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16Try it yourself hypotenuse
- Click on the side that is the hypotenuse of the
right triangle.
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17Try it yourself shorter leg
- Click on the side that is the shorter leg of the
right triangle.
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18Try it yourself longer leg
- Click on the side that is the longer leg of the
right triangle.
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19Correct Way to go!
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- Excellent!
- Wise choice.
- You know your parts!
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20Incorrect Choice!
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- I am sorry.
- You chose the wrong side!
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21Pythagorean Theorem...
- The right triangle has a special property, called
the Pythagorean Theorem, that can help us find
one side if we know the other two sides.
If the lengths of hypotenuse and legs are c, a
and b respectively, then c2 a2 b2
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22Finding a side - hypotenuse
- Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of
the missing side.
c2 a2 b2 x2 102 142 100 196
296 x sqrt(296) 17.2
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23Finding a side leg
- Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of
the missing side.
c2 a2 b2 152 102 x2 225 100
x2 x2 125 x sqrt(125) 11.18
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24Try it yourself- hypotenuse
- Find the hypotenuse of the given right triangle
with the lengths of the legs known
Click on the selection that matches your answer
A. 36
B. 10
C. 100
D. 64
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25Try it yourself leg
- Find the leg of the given right triangle with the
lengths of the leg and hypotenuse known
Click on the selection that matches your answer
A. 24
B. 6
C. 144
D. 12
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26Correct Answer
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- You take after Pythagoras!
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27Oops not quite!
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- Check your calculations again.
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28Opposite or Adjacent side?
- In a right triangle, a given leg is called the
adjacent side or the opposite side, depending on
the reference acute angle.
Adjacent or opposite from an acute reference
angle refers only to legs and not the hypotenuse
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29Opposite side (to an acute angle)
- In a right triangle, a given leg is called the
adjacent side or the opposite side, depending on
the reference acute angle.
leg2 is opposite to acute angle A leg1 is NOT
opposite to acute angle A
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30Adjacent side (to an acute angle)
- In a right triangle, a given leg is called the
adjacent side or the opposite side, depending on
the reference acute angle.
leg1 is adjacent to acute angle A leg2 is NOT
adjacent to acute angle A
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31Try it yourself opposite
- Click on the side that is opposite to angle B.
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32Try it yourself adjacent
- Click on the side that is adjacent to angle B.
B
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33Correct reference!
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- You understood these references!
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34Not exactly
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- Opposite is across from the angle.
- Adjacent is next to the angle.
- Hypotenuse is neither adjacent nor opposite.
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35Trigonometric ratios of an acute angles of a
right triangle
- The ratios of the sides of a right triangle have
special names. - There are three basic ones we will consider
- sine
- cosine
- tangent
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36The sine of an acute angle...
- Let the lengths of legs be a and b, and the
length of the hypotenuse be c. A is an acute
angle.
With reference to angle A, the ratio of the
length of the side opposite angle A to length of
the hypotenuse is defined as sine A
a/c Sine A is abbreviated Sin A. Thus, sin A
a/c.
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37The cosine of an acute angle...
- Let the lengths of legs be a and b, and the
length of the hypotenuse be c. A is an acute
angle.
With reference to angle A, the ratio of the
length of the side adjacent to angle A to length
of the hypotenuse is defined as cosine A
b/c Cosine A is abbreviated to Cos
A. Thus, cos A b/c.
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38The tangent of an acute angle...
- Let the lengths of legs be a and b, and the
length of the hypotenuse be c. A is an acute
angle.
With reference to angle A, the ratio of the
length of the side opposite to angle A to length
of the side adjacent to angle A is defined
as tangent A a/b tangent A is
abbreviated Tan A. Thus, tan A a/b
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39SOHCAHTOA
S Sine O Opposite H Hypotenuse - C
Cosine A Adjacent H Hypotenuse - T
Tangent O Opposite A Adjacent
- This is a clever technique most people use to
remember these three basic trig ratios. - SOH-CAH-TOA sounds strange? What if I told you it
was the ancient oriental queen who loved
Geometry? (not true!)
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40Example sine, cosine and tangent ratios...
- Find the sine of the given angle. SOHCAHTOA
Sin B Opposite/Hypotenuse sin 53.10 16/20
4/5 0.80 Cos B Adjacent/Hypotenuse Cos 53.10
12/20 3/5 0.60 Tan B
Opposite/Adjacent Tan 53.10 16/12 5/3 1.67
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41Try it yourself trig ratios...
- Find the value of sine, cosine, and tangent of
the given acute angle. SOHCAHTOA
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42Thats the way!
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- Outstanding !
- SOHCAHTOA would be proud of you.
- You may want to teach others!
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43You can do it Try again!
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- I am sorry.
- Remember it is SOHCAHTOA all the way!
- You must have used the wrong ratio!
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44Angle or Side Lengths?
- Does the trig ratio depend on the size of the
angle or size of the side length? - Let us consider similar triangles in our
investigation.
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45Find the trig ratios of each...
Remember SOHCAHTOA!
- Compute the ratios and make a conjecture
sin 36.870 ? 0.6 6/10 0.6 9/15 0.6
cos 36.870 ? 0.8 8/10 0.8 12/15 0.8
tan 36.870 ¾ 0.75 6/8 0.75 9/12 0.75
Conjecture Trigonometric ratios are a property
of similarity (angles) and not of the length of
the sides of a right triangle.
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46Computed Trig Ratios ...
- The trig ratios are used so often that technology
makes these values readily available in the form
of tables and on scientific calculators. - We will now show you how to use your calculator
to find some trig ratios. - Grab a scientific calculator and try it out.
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47How to find trig values on calculator
- Each calculator brand may work a little
differently, but the results will be the same. - Look for the trig functions on your calculator
sin, cos and tan - select the trig ratio of your choice followed by
the angle in degrees and execute (enter). - example sin 30 will display 0.5
- on some calculators you may have to type in the
angle first then the ratio - example 30 sin will display 0.5
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48Given an angle, use calculator to evaluate trig
ratio
- Use your calculator to verify that the sine,
cosine and tangent of the following angles are
correct (to 4 decimals)
Angle A sin A cos A tan A
45o Sin 45o 0.7071 Cos 45o 0.7071 Tan 45o 1.0000
60o Sin 60o 0.8660 Cos 60o 0.5000 Tan 60o 1.7321
30o Sin 30o 0.5000 Cos 30o 0.8660 Tan 30o 0.5774
82.5o Sin 82.5o 0.9914 Cos 82.5o 0.1305 Tan 82.5o 7.5958
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49Try it yourself...
- Find the values of the following trig ratios to
four decimal places
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50Going backwards finding angles when we know a
trig ratio
- We can use the reverse operation of a trig ratio
to find the angle with the known trig ratio (n/m) - The inverse trig ratios are as follows
- Inverse of sin (n/m) is sin-1(n/m)
- Inverse of cos (n/m) is cos-1(n/m)
- Inverse of tan (n/m) is tan-1(n/m)
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51Example inverse operation (sin A)
- Suppose we know the trig ratio and we want to
find the associated angle A.
- From SOHCAHTOA, we know that from the angle A, we
have the opposite side and the hypotenuse. - Therefore the SOH part helps us to know that we
use sin A O/H 4/5 - The inverse is thus sin-1(4/5) A
- A Sin-1 (4/5) 53.13o
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52Example inverse operation (cos B)
- Suppose we know the trig ratio and we want to
find the associated angle B.
- From SOHCAHTOA, we know that from the angle B, we
have the adjacent side and the hypotenuse. - Therefore the CAH part helps us to know that we
use cos A A/H 4/5 - The inverse is thus cos-1(4/5) B
- B cos-1 (4/5) 36.87o
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53Example inverse operation (tan A)
- Suppose we know the trig ratio and we want to
find the associated angle A.
- From SOHCAHTOA, we know that from the angle A, we
have the opposite side and the adjacent side. - Therefore the TOA part helps us to know that we
use tan A O/A 4/3 - The inverse is thus tan-1(4/3) A
- A tan-1 (4/3) 53.13o
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54Try it yourself(use inverse)
- Use a calculator to find the measure of the
angles A and B.
Use SOHCAHTOA as a guide to what ratio to use.
m?A ? A. 38.7 B. 51.3 C. 53.1
m?B ? A. 38.7 B. 51.3 C. 53.1
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55Perfect!
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- You make me smile!
- sin-1(x) is also referred to as arcsin(x)
- cos-1(x) is also referred to as arccos(x)
- tan-1(x) is also referred to as arctan(x)
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56Looks like youre in trouble!
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57Finding the legs of a right
- Use trig ratios to find sides of a triangle.
Remember SOHCAHTOA!
- With reference to angle A,
- b is the length of side adjacent and
- a is the length of the side opposite the angle.
- the hypotenuse is given
- Strategy make an equation that uses only one leg
and the hypotenuse at a time.
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58Finding the legs of a right
- The tangent ratio may not easily help you figure
out the legs a and b in this case. (SOHCAHTOA!)
Using tangent tan A O/A Substituting values
from the tgriangle tan 30o a/b From the
calculator tan 30o 0.5774 Thus tan 30o a/b
0.5774 a/b And, a 0.5774(b) GETS YOU
STUCK!
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59Finding the legs of a right
- Using sine ratio to find the leg of a triangle.
Remember SOHCAHTOA!
Using sine sin A O/H Substituting values
from the tgriangle Sin 30o a/12 From the
calculator sin 30o 0.5 Thus sin 30o a/12
0.5 a/12 And a 0.5(12) 6
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60Finding the legs of a right
- Using the cosine ratio to find legs of a
triangle. Remember SOHCAHTOA!
Using cosine cos A A/H Substituting values
from the tgriangle cos 30o b/12 From the
calculator cos 30o 0.8660 Thus cos 30o b/12
0.866 b/12 And b 0.866(12) 10.39
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61Try it yourself legs
- Find the lengths of the legs of the triangle and
the third angle. Choose the correct answer.
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62Having trouble?
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63You got it!
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- You are on the right track.
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64Finding the hypotenuse ...
- Use trig ratios to find the hypotenuse of a
triangle. Remember SOHCAHTOA!
- With reference to angle A,
- b is the length of side adjacent and
- 12 is the length of the side opposite the angle.
- c is the hypotenuse
- Strategy make an equation that uses only one
unkown at a time.
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65Finding the hypotenuse ...
- Use trig ratios to find the hypotenuse of a
triangle. Remember SOHCAHTOA!
Since 12 is opposite to the angle, we use the
sine ratio Sine A O/H Substituting values
from the tgriangle sin 30o 12/c From the
calculator sin 30o 0.5 Thus sin 30o 12/c
or 0.5 12/c c 12/0.5 24
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66Try it yourself hypotenuse
- Find the lengths of the hypotenuse, leg b and the
third angle. Choose the best answer.
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67Terrific!
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68Help is a click away!
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69Putting it all together
- We now have the tools we need to solve any right
triangle (to determine the lengths of each and
all sides and the angles, given minimal
information) Remember SOHCAHTOA! - Typically you get two pieces of information
- One side length and one angle or
- Two sides lengths
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70Solve the triangle (side angle)
- Given one side length and one angle, determine
the rest. Remember SOHCAHTOA !
Find measure of angle B and side lengths AC and
AB.
Since we know two angles (90 and 42) we can
determine the 3rd from the Triangle Angle Sum
Theorem m?B 1800 (900420) 480.
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71Solve the triangle (side angle)
- Given one side length and one angle, determine
the rest. Remember SOHCAHTOA !
Strategy side with length 12 is opposite to
angle A. To find b, use tan A and to find c, use
sin A
sin A O/H sin 42 12/c 0.6691 12/c c
12/0.6691 c 17.93
tan A O/A tan 42 12/b 0.9004 12/b b
12/0.9004 b 13.33
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72Try it yourself side angle
- Solve the triangle. Choose and check answer.
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73Congratulations!
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- Its fun when you get it!
- You are on the right track.
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74Sorry, not correct!
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- I am sorry.
- Remember it is SOHCAHTOA all the way!
- You must have used the wrong ratio!
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75Solve the triangle (2 sides)
- Given two side lengths, solve the triangle.
Remember SOHCAHTOA !
- Strategy
- use Pythagorean Theorem to find the 3rd side
length, a. - Use cosine ratio to find measure of angle A
- Use the Triangle Angle Sum Theorem to find the
measure of angle B.
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76Solve the triangle (2 sides)
- Given two side lengths, solve the triangle.
Remember SOHCAHTOA !
- Using Pythagorean Theorem to find the 3rd side
length, a. - c2 a2 b2 Pythagorean Theorem
- 172 a2 102 Substituting values
- 289 a2 100 Evaluating the squares
- a2 289-100 Addition property of
- a2 189 Simplifying
- a sqrt(189) 13.75 Taking square root.
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77Solve the triangle (2 sides)
- Given two side lengths, solve the triangle.
Remember SOHCAHTOA !
- Using cosine ratio to find measure of angle A
- cos A A/H (the CAH part)
- cos A 10/17 (substituting values)
- m?A cos-1(10/17) (inverse of cosine)
- m?A 53.97o (Calculator)
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78Try it yourself(2 sides)
- Solve the triangle. Click to check your answer
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79You have mastered lot!
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- We are almost done!
- You did it again!
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80Sorry you got it wrong!
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- Go back and try again.
- A little review will surely help.
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81Real life Applications
- Trigonometry is used to solve real life problems.
- The following slides show a few examples where
trigonometry is used. - Search the Internet for more examples if you
like.
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82Real life example 1
- Measuring the height of trees
What would you need to know in order to calculate
the height of this tree? What trig ratio would
you use?
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83Finding height of towers..
- Tall buildings (skyscrapers), towers and
mountains
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84Solve real problem
- Assume the line in the middle of the drawn
triangle is perpendicular to the beach line. - How far is the island from the beach?
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yours
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85Distance to the beach(Ans.)
- The distance we want is the shortest distance
?. - The tangent ratio can be used here
- tan 30o x/50
- 0.57735 x/50
- x 0.57735(50) 28.8675
- Therefore the island is about 29m from the beach.
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86Real life example 1 Answer
- h is the height of the tree. That is what we are
looking for. - We need to know the angle of elevation ? and
also the horizontal distance from A to the bale
od the tree, x - The tangent ratio would be used
- tan ? h/x and so h xtan ?
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87Congratulations
- Be proud of yourself. You have successfully
completed a crash course in basic trigonometry
and I expect you to be able to do well on this
strand in the Common Core States Standards test.
Print the certificate to show your achievement.
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88Certificate of Completion
- I hereby certify that
- _____________________________________
- has satisfactorily completed a basic course in
Introduction to Trigonometry on this day the
____________________ of the year 20___ - The bearer is qualified to solve some real world
problems using trigonometry. - Signed Nevermind E. Chigoba