RIght Triangle Trig Quiz

What is the correct ratio?

• sin 40 = w/28
• cos 40 = w/28
• tan 40 = w/28
• sin 40 = 28/w

Which equation can be used to solve for x?

• sin X = 41/28

• tan X = 41/28

• cos X = 28/41

• sin X = 28/41

Solve for x.

• 25

• 65

• 23

• 67

Solve for x.

• 59

• 31

• 41

• 49

Which scenario describes the picture shown?

• A 5 foot ramp is 8 feet away from a building.  What is the angle that the ramp makes with the ground?
• A 5 foot ramp leans against an 8 foot structure.  What is the angle that the ramp makes with the ground?
• An 8 foot ramp leans
  against a building 5 feet away.  What angle does the ramp make with the ground?
• A 5 foot man is 8 feet away from a building.  What is the angle of elevation?

You are attacking an enemy castle. Your strategy is to go over the castle wall. You are 1500 meters away from the bottom of the wall. You measure the angle of elevation to the top of the wall at 3^o. How tall is the enemy castle wall?

• 78.6 meters

• 1498.0 meters

• 78.5 meters

• 75.3 meters

Elizabeth is flying a kite, which gets caught in the top of a tree. Use the diagram to estimate the height of the tree.

• 63.6 ft

• 1.59 ft

• 74.2 ft

• 86.9 ft

To the nearest whole degree.

• 66^°

• 24^°

• 22^°

• ^37°

A 30 ft. wire stretches from the top of a light pole diagonally to the ground. The light pole is 10 feet high. What is the angle the wire makes with the ground?

• 66 degrees
• 80 degrees
• 30 degrees
• 19 degrees

Jake is 6 ft. tall. He is standing outside when the angle of elevation of the sun is 28 degrees. How long would his shadow be? 

• 5.3 feet
• 2.8 feet
• 3.2 feet
• 11.3 feet