Lesson 6 More Than Right Develop Understanding

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Find the area of each triangle.

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Triangle EFG with angle F 45 degrees, FG=5radical2 cm and FE 14 cm.

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Triangle ABC with BC = 18 cm and AC = 38 cm

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Triangle ABC with Angle A is 60 degrees; AB = 14 cm and AC = 11 cm.

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Isosceles Triangle PQR. Angle P is 70 degrees and PR = 16 cm.

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Triangle GHK with angle G with 30 degrees and GK=24 ft

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Solve the following application problems using right triangle trigonometry.

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Students in a high school mathematics class were given the following problem.

While traveling across a flat stretch of desert, Joey and Holly make note of the top of a butte* in the distance that seems to be directly in front of them. They estimate the angle of elevation to the top as . After traveling miles towards the butte, the angle of elevation is . Approximate the height of the butte in miles and in feet. . Use the given values to solve for in miles and in both miles and feet. and

* Buttes are tall, flat-topped, steep-sided towers of rock.

Two right triangles share the same side, d. The base of one triangle is x mi and the other 6 miles more than the smaller one.

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Rework problem 6. This time use . Or, use the values in your calculator without rounding them.

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The situation in problem 6 included approximating angles, so rounding didn’t matter very much. Consider a situation where Joey and Holly were serious rock climbers and were planning on scaling the face of the butte, and they had used an inclinometer* to measure the angles of elevation accurately. Describe the difference between rounding to one decimal place and rounding to four or more decimals.

* An inclinometer is an instrument used for measuring angles of slope, elevation, or depression of an object with respect to a plane.

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The Star Point Ranger Station and the Twin Pines Ranger Station are apart along a straight, mountain road. Each station gets word of a cabin fire in a remote area known as Ben’s Hideout. A straight path from Star Point to the fire makes an angle of with the road, while a straight path from Twin Pines makes an angle of with the road. Find the distance, , of the fire from the road.

Triangle with top vertex labeled Ben's Hideout, Left vertex; Star Point = 34 degrees; right vertex: Twin Pines = 14. Base is 30 mi. Ben's HideoutTwin PinesStar Point

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In problem 9 we had two expressions that were both equal to . Use both of your expressions and the value you found for in problem 9 to check your answers.

Explain why they were not exactly equal. Does it matter if this application were real life? Why or why not?

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Solve for the missing sides and angles in the right triangles. Write answers in radical form. Do NOT use a calculator.

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Right triangle with one angle 45 degrees and hypotenuse 16 in.

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Isosceles right triangle with hypotenuse 34 ft.

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Write a rule for finding the sides of an isosceles right triangle when you know the hypotenuse and the measure of the hypotenuse does NOT show a .

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Right triangle with one angle 60 degrees and opposite side 15 cm.

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Right triangle with one angle 60 degrees and opposite side 24 m.

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Write a rule for finding the missing sides in a triangle when you know the side opposite the angle, but the measurement doesn’t show a .

Fill in the missing measurements.

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Right triangle with one angle 45 degrees and opposite side s.

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Right triangle with one angle 30 degrees and hypotenuse H.

Fill in the ratios for the given functions. Do not use a calculator. Answers should be in radical form.

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