Trig Word Problems

Trig Word Problems #2

​ Word problems using Trig

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• To solve these types of questions you draw a diagram and then solve it using your Trig. skills.

• Make sure you draw a picture, yes I said it twice so you know how important it is.

• If your question already has a picture, then your teacher is super nice and wanted you to pass your assignment.

Multiple Choice

What helps in solving a Word Question?

• Draw a picture

• Don't read any of the questions and just guess

• Guess which trig function to use

• Add all the shapes together

​Problem 1

In your notebook or on a sheet of paper

• Draw the problem

• Write the appropriate trig equation

• Solve the equation

​Steven is standing 50ft away from a building. The angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the building is 60 degrees. How tall is the building?

Multiple Choice

Which picture matches Problem 1 in the previous slide?

​Problem 2

In your notebook or on a sheet of paper

• Draw the problem

• Write the appropriate trig equation

• Solve the equation

A 10ft tall lamppost casts a shadow on the ground.

The angle of elevation between the ground and the sun is 58 degrees.

How long is the shadow?

(HINT - the shadow is always on the ground)

​Problem 3

In your notebook or on a sheet of paper

• Draw the problem

• Write the appropriate trig equation

• Solve the equation

Draw a picture and solve problems 1, 2, 3

Turn them in when we come back to school