Quiz about Real World Trigonometry

Question 1

How far is the ant from the base of the tree?

Accepted Answer

11.7 ft

Answer

27.7 ft

Answer

33 ft

Answer

21.5 ft

Question 2

How tall is the house (to the top of the roof)?

Accepted Answer

15.9 ft

Answer

18.2 ft

Answer

12.4 ft

Answer

23.2 ft

Question 3

How far is the ant from the top of the roof?

Accepted Answer

23.2 ft

Answer

24.9 ft

Answer

12.4 ft

Answer

11.6 ft

Question 4

How far is the mouse from the base of the tree?

Accepted Answer

9.7 ft

Answer

7 ft

Answer

13.9 ft

Answer

This distance cannot be determined.

Question 5

How far is the ant from the base of the tree?

Accepted Answer

16.9 ft

Answer

18.5 ft

Answer

28.7 ft

Answer

14.1 ft

Question 6

A ladder is leaning against a wall, forming a right triangle with the ground. If the ladder is 10 meters long and the angle between the ladder and the ground is $$60^\circ$$ , how high up the wall does the ladder reach?

Accepted Answer

8.66 meters

Answer

5 meters

Answer

7 meters

Answer

9 meters

Question 7

A person is looking at the top of a tower with an angle of elevation of $$53^\circ$$ . If the person is standing 30 meters away from the base of the tower, how tall is the tower?

Accepted Answer

45 meters

Answer

40 meters

Answer

50 meters

Answer

35 meters

Question 8

A person is looking at the top of a flagpole with an angle of elevation of $$60^\circ$$ . If the person is standing 20 meters away from the base of the flagpole, how tall is the flagpole?

Accepted Answer

34.64 meters

Answer

30 meters

Answer

25 meters

Answer

20 meters

Question 9

A tree casts a shadow that is 15 meters long. If the angle of elevation from the tip of the shadow to the top of the tree is $$30^\circ$$ , what is the height of the tree?

Accepted Answer

8.66 meters

Answer

7.5 meters

Answer

10 meters

Answer

12 meters

Question 10

A person is standing 50 meters away from a building. The angle of elevation to the top of the building is $$35^\circ$$ . How tall is the building?

Accepted Answer

40 meters

Answer

30 meters

Answer

35 meters

Answer

50 meters

Real World Trigonometry

14 questions

How far is the ant from the base of the tree?

How tall is the house (to the top of the roof)?

How far is the ant from the top of the roof?

How far is the mouse from the base of the tree?

How far is the ant from the base of the tree?

How to calculate the sine of the angle in a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 10 units and an opposite side of 6 units?

Look at the following image!
sin A = (a)
cos B = (b)
tan C = (c)

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Real World Trigonometry

14 questions

How far is the ant from the base of the tree?

How tall is the house (to the top of the roof)?

How far is the ant from the top of the roof?

How far is the mouse from the base of the tree?

How far is the ant from the base of the tree?

How to calculate the sine of the angle in a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 10 units and an opposite side of 6 units?

Look at the following image​!sin A = ​ (a) cos B =​ (b) tan C = ​ (c) ​

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Look at the following image!
sin A = (a)
cos B = (b)
tan C = (c)