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Trigonometry - Finding Sides and Angles - 1

This document provides 15 multiple choice questions about trigonometry and solving for unknown sides and angles in right triangles. The questions cover the concepts of sine, cosine, tangent and inverse trig functions and their use in real world problems involving ladder angles and line of sight distances.

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Trigonometry - Finding Sides and Angles - 1

This document provides 15 multiple choice questions about trigonometry and solving for unknown sides and angles in right triangles. The questions cover the concepts of sine, cosine, tangent and inverse trig functions and their use in real world problems involving ladder angles and line of sight distances.

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Trigonometry - finding sides and angles

Name : Yusri Class : Njkr dfh Date : Only angles are inverse

Mark : /15 %

1) Identify which sides are the hypotenuse, adjacent and opposite to the given angle [1]
ABC

Line AB: Adjacent


Line BC: Hypotenuse
Line AC: Opposite
           

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2) Express the sine of angle ACB as a ratio of the sides of triangle ABC [1]

Sine theta = opposite/hypotenuse


= 3/6
=½
🔼ABC = 14
Therefore ½ : 14
= 1 : 28

3) Find   x in the triangle below, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. [1]

     

x/6 = opp/hyp

sin = x/6

x = 69sin(6)

x = 7.212

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4) Find   x in the triangle below, giving your answer to 3 significant figures [1]

     

3/x = opp/adjacent

Tan = 3/x

3 = 54tan(x)

If 54tan(1) = 0.9425735061

X = 0.9425735061 x 3

= 2.828 cm

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5) Find angle   x in the triangle below, giving your answer to 1 decimal place. [1]

     

8/5 = opp/adj

Tan theta = (8/5)

Inverse tan (8/5) = x

X = 58.0 degrees

6) Find   x in the triangle below, giving your answer to 3 significant figures [1]

     

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7) Find   x in the triangle below, giving your answer to 3 significant figures [1]

     

x/4 = hyp/opp

8) Find   x in the triangle below, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. [1]

     

x/12 = adjacent/hypotenuse

x/12 = cosine theta

cos55 = x/12

x = 12cos55

x = 6.883 cm

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9) Find angle   x in the triangle below, giving your answer to 1 decimal place. [1]

     

6/8 = adjacent/hypotenuse

¾ = adjacent/hypotenuse

X = Inverse cos3/4 = 41.40962211

X = 41.4 degrees

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10) Find   x in the triangle below, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. [1]

     

x/10 = opp/adj

tan(x/10) = 64

x = 64tan(10)

x = 11.28492677

Answer: x is approximately equivalent to 11.285 cm

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11) Find angle   x in the triangle below, giving your answer to 1 decimal place. [1]

     

5/8 = opposite/hypotenuse = sin theta

X = Inverse sine (5/8)

X = 38.68218745

Answer: Angle x is approximately 38.7 degrees (or 0.675403273 rad)

12) A safe angle for a ladder is about 75 ° from the ground. [1]
If you have a 3.8 metre ladder, how far from a wall should you place the base of the ladder?
Give your answer to 3 significant figures.

x/3.8 = adj/hyp

cos theta = x/3.8

x = 3.8cos(75)

x = 0.984

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13) A safe angle for a ladder is about 75 ° from the ground. [1]
If you have a 3.5 metre ladder, how high can it reach up a wall?
Round your answer to 3 significant figures.

x/3.5 = opp/hyp

sin = x/3.5

x = 3.5sin(75)

x = 3.381 m

14) Holly is looking up at a helicopter. The direct distance from Holly to the helicopter is [1]
16 km.
The vertical distance from Holly to the helicopter is 11 km.
Calculate the angle of elevation from Holly to the helicopter, giving your answer to 1
decimal place.

11/16 = opp/hyp

Sin = 11/16

X = Inverse sin (11/16)

X = 43.4 degrees

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15) The angle of elevation from Rose to a helicopter is 46 °. [1]
The horizontal distance from Rose to the helicopter is 4 km.
Calculate the direct distance from Rose to the helicopter, giving your answer to 3
significant figures.

x/4 – opp/adj

= tan

X = 4tan(46)

X = 4.142121255

= 4.142 km

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