Solve Right Triangles with Trig

You are standing 10 feet away from a tree. There is a cat up in the tree. Your eyes make a 48 degree angle to look up at the cat. How high is the cat? 

• 11.1 ft. 

• 9 ft. 

• 7.4 ft. 

• 13.8 ft. 

A tourist views a deer from a height of 45 feet. The horizontal distance between the tourist and the deer is 130 feet. How many degrees should the tourist tilt his camera down to photograph the deer? Round your answer to the nearest degree.

• 19 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 71 degrees

• 138 degrees 

Which trigonometric function would you use to find "h", the height of the tree?

• sine

• cosine

• tangent

• none of these

To find the height of a very tall pine tree, you place a mirror on the ground and stand where you can see the top of the pine tree.  How tall is the tree?

• 144 feet

• 72 feet

• 36 feet

Solve the right triangle.

Round all answers to the nearest whole number.

• 11

• 16

• 48

Solve for x. round to the tenth if possible.

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Solve the right triangle. Round all answers to the nearest whole number.

• 18

• 72

• 13

Solve the right triangle. Round all answers to the nearest whole number.

• 13

• 18

• 72

Find the missing side length. Round to the nearest tenth.

type in just the number

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Solve every side and angle of the triangle

d

c

e

157.38

67.38

32.06

1.9

14

13

12