Right Triangle Trigonometry Recap
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_____Find the missing side (Show all of your work on this paper or on a separate piece of paper)
Find the length of the missing side. Remember that if feet, meters, inches cm are not given the length is given in units
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____Find the missing angle (Show all of your work on this paper or on a separate piece of paper)
Find the missing angle in each right triangle. Remember to label your answer in degrees
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_______Applications of Trigonometry (Show all of your work on this paper or on a separate piece of paper)
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A straight trail that is 14,100 feet long leads from the hotel to a scenic overlook. The overlook is 3,100 feet
higher than the elevation of the hotel. What is the measure of angle B in the figure?
10. A set of four wires anchor a radio tower to the ground. Two wires are attached half way up the tower and the
other two are attached at the very top of the tower. The tower stands 125 feet into the air. The wires anchor into
the ground forming a 25° angle with the ground. How long are the wires that go to the very top of the tower?
11. James is making a wheelchair ramp into their house. The angle of the ramp is at the maximum allowed by code
at 4.8°. If James makes the ramp 10 feet long how tall will the ramp be?
12. Juanita is on vacation in Washington D.C. She goes to see the Washington Monument. She is looking up at the
top of the monument at a 60°. If the monument stands 555 feet tall, how far from the base of the monument is
Juanita standing?