Trig Property Exit Ticket

Identify what Trig property you would use to solve the given word problem.

You are painting a house and you missed a spot on the trim of a window that is 15 feet off the ground. If your ladder is 20 feet long, at what angle do you need to place the ladder to perfectly reach the window?

• Trig Ratio

• Pythagorean Theorem

• Law of Sines

• Law of Cosines

Tags

P.9-12.2.P

P.9-12.4.E

P.9-12.4.F

P.9-12.5.M

Identify what Trig property you would use to solve the given word problem.

A flag pole is flying a flag that desperately needs to be replaced. Rope AND flag. You know that standing 30 feet from the base of the flag pole that you have to look up at the top of the pole at a 35 degree angle. How much rope will you need to fix the flag?

• Trig Ratio

• Pythagorean Theorem

• Law of Sines

• Law of Cosines

Tags

P.9-12.5.M

P.9-12.4.F

P.9-12.4.E

P.9-12.2.P

Identify what Trig property you would use to solve the given word problem.

You want to have a library that is like Belle's from Beauty and the Beast. Specifically you want to slide along the wall on one of those ladders. You know that the ladder needs to reach the top of the 8 foot tall book case and the ladder can at most be 1 foot from the wall. How long of a ladder do you need to make your dreams come true?

• Trig Ratio

• Pythagorean Theorem

• Law of Sines

• Law of Cosines

Tags

P.9-12.5.M

P.9-12.4.F

P.9-12.4.E

P.9-12.2.P

Identify what Trig property you would use to solve the given word problem.

Heading to your friends house to work on a project, you want 4 blocks south and 2 blocks east. How far are you from home if you could walk straight there?

• Trig Ratio

• Pythagorean Theorem

• Law of Sines

• Law of Cosines

Tags

P.9-12.5.M

P.9-12.4.F

P.9-12.4.E

P.9-12.2.P

Identify what Trig property you would use to solve the given word problem.

Jack is on one side of a 200 foot wide canyon and Jill is on the other. Jack and Jill can both see the trail guide at an angle of 60 degrees. How far are they from the trail guide?

• Trig Ratio

• Pythagorean Theorem

• Law of Sines

• Law of Cosines

Tags

P.9-12.5.M

P.9-12.4.F

P.9-12.4.E

P.9-12.2.P

Identify what Trig property you would use to solve the given word problem.

Airplane A is flying directly toward the airport which is 20 miles away. The pilot notices airplane B 45 degrees to her right. Airplane B is also flying directly to the airport. The pilot of plane B calculates that Airplane A is 50 degrees to his left. Based on that information, how far is airplane B from the airport?

• Trig Ratio

• Pythagorean Theorem

• Law of Sines

• Law of Cosines

Tags

P.9-12.5.M

P.9-12.4.F

P.9-12.4.E

P.9-12.2.P

Identify what Trig property you would use to solve the given word problem.

There are 3 boats at sea manned by Captain Kirk, Crunch, and Planet. Captain Crunch can see Kirk and Planet's ships. The lines of sight from Crunch to Planet and from Crunch to Kirk make a 45 degree angle. Captain Crunch can also tell that he and Kirk are 4 miles apart while he and Planet are 2 miles apart. He ponders "How far apart are Kirk and Planet?"

• Trig Ratio

• Pythagorean Theorem

• Law of Sines

• Law of Cosines

Tags

P.9-12.5.M

P.9-12.4.F

P.9-12.4.E

P.9-12.2.P