Applications of Trigonometry

Solve for the misssing distance

• 18.9 meters

• 19.5 meters

• 47.2 meters

• 27.5 meters

Find the measure of the indicated angle.

• 9.39

• 55.2

• 20.2

• 19.4

What is tan(A)

• X / Y

• Y / X

• Z / Y

• X/ Z

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?

A hawk sitting on a tree branch spots a mouse on the ground 15 feet from the base of the tree.  The hawk swoops down toward the mouse at an angle of 30 degrees. What is the distance from the tree branch to the mouse? 

• 7.5 ft 

• 15 ft 

• 26 ft 

• 30 ft 

What is the correct equation to solve for x?

• tan (45) = x/13

• cos (45) = x/13

• sin (45) = 13/x

• sin (45) = x/13

Say 'TRUE' or 'FALSE'
If the length of the shadow of tower is increasing, then the angle of elevation of the sun is also increasing

• TRUE

• FALSE

The ratio of the length of the pole and its shadow is 1 : √3.  The angle of elevation of the sun is ____

• 30°

• 60°

• 45°

• 90°

The length of the shadow of a 4 m high vertical pole on the level ground at an instant when the sun elevation is 60° is___

• 2 m

• 4√3 m

• 4⁄√3 m 

• 4 m

A 1.5m tall boy stands at a distance of 45 m from a tower. The angle of elevation from his eyes to the top of the tower is 30 degrees . Find the height of the tower.

• 46 m