Law of Sines and Cosines Quiz

Jack is flying his kite.  He runs 100 feet away from his house and lets out 75 feet of string.  The angle of elevation from the ground to the kite is 65 degrees.  How far away is the kite from the house?

• 9285.73 ft
• 96.36 ft
• 24061.81 ft
• 155.12 ft

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

Clint is building a wooden swing set for his children.  Each supporting end of the swing set is to be an A-frame constructed with two 10 foot long 4-by-4s joined at a 45 degree angle.  To prevent the swing set form tipping over, Clint wants to secure the base of each A-frame to concrete footings.  How far apart should the footings for each A-frame be?

• 5.461 feet
• 9.743 feet
• 6 feet
• 7.65 feet

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

Parker must find the distance from Point A to Point B on opposite sides of a lake.  He locates Point C that is 860 feet from point A and 175 feet from Point B.  He measures the angle at Point C to be 78 degrees.  Find the distance from point A to point B.

• 707643.58
• 841.22
• 877.62
• 842.01

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

What are the possible criteria for Law of Sines?

• SSA, ASA, AAS

• AAS, SSS, ASA

• SAS, SSS, ASA

• SAS, AAS, ASA

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

What are the possible criteria for the Law of Cosines?

• SSA, SSS

• SSA, ASA

• SSS, SAS

• AAS, ASA

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

• A
• B
• C
• D

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

• A
• B
• C
• D

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

find X

• 52
• 33
• 41
• 29

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

Find m<A

• A
• B
• C
• D

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11

Which Law would you use?

• Law of Sines

• Law of Cosines

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11