Everyday Trigonometry Quiz

A ladder is leaning against a wall. If the ladder is 10 meters long and the angle between the ladder and the ground is 60 degrees, how high up the wall does the ladder reach?

• 5,68478694 meters

• 7.58576365 meters

• 3-5 business days

• 5√3 meters

If tan(θ) = 1.5, what is the value of θ in degrees?

• 45.47 degrees

• 56.31 degrees

• 2 apples

• 30. 84.68 degrees

What is the value of sin^(-1)(0.8)?

• I don’t know

• 45.73 degrees

• 30.56 degrees

• 53.13 degrees

In a right-angled triangle, if the length of the base is 3 and the length of the perpendicular is 4, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• 10

• 2

• 5

A flagpole casts a shadow of 15 meters when the angle of elevation of the sun is 60 degrees. What is the height of the flagpole?

• 25.97 meters

• 1559 A.C

• 8.66 meters

• 25.98 meters

If cos(θ) = 0.3, what is the value of sin(θ)?

• 0.953

• 0.275

• 0.858

• Somewhere between -∞ and ∞

A wheel with a radius of 20 cm is rotating at 30 revolutions per minute. What is the linear speed of a point on the edge of the wheel?

• 15.5 m/min

• 37.7 m/min

• 25.8 m/min

• 42.3 m/year

What is the value of cos^(-1)(0.5)?

• π/6 radians

• π/4 radians

• π/2 radians

• π/3 radians

If sin(θ) = 0.6, what is the value of θ in degrees?

• 30.78 degrees

• 36.87 degrees

• 60 degrees

• 45.63 degrees

A tower casts a shadow of 20 meters when the angle of elevation of the sun is 45 degrees. What is the height of the tower?

• 41.14 meters

• 14.14 meters

• 14.41 meters

• 3 miles