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Find the sine, the cosine, and the tangent of angle A. Give a fraction and decimal answer (round to 4 places).
10.8 A
.5556
Shrink yourself opp tan A = down and stand adj where the angle is. Now, figure out your ratios.
1 .5
24.5 8.2
A
23.1
8.2 opp = sin A = .3347 24.5 hyp 23.1 = 24.5 .9429 8 .2 = 23.1 .3550
Shrink yourself down and stand where the angle is. Now, figure out your ratios.
Finding a side.
(Figuring out which ratio to use and getting to use a trig button.)
Ex: 1 Figure out which ratio to use. Find x. Round to the nearest tenth.
x tan ( 55) = 20
20
20 m
55
20 tan ( 55) = x
tan
55
x
Shrink yourself down and stand where the angle is. Now, figure out which trig ratio you have and set up the problem.
x 28.6 m
Ex: 2
80 ft
72
x 80
80 x= ( tan ( 72) )
(
80 tan ( 72 ) = x x tan ( 72 ) = 80
tan
72
Shrink yourself down and stand where the angle is. Now, figure out which trig ratio you have and set up
x 26 ft
Ex: 3
283 m
24
Shrink yourself down and stand where the angle is. Now, figure out which trig ratio you have and set up the problem.
x sin ( 24 ) = 283
283 sin ( 24 ) = x
x 115.1 m
Ex: 4
20 ft
40
x cos( 40) = 20
20 cos( 40 ) = x
x 15.3 ft
Finding an angle.
(Figuring out which ratio to use and getting to use the 2nd button and one of the trig buttons.)
17.2
2nd
62.3789
Shrink yourself down and stand where the angle is. Now, figure out which trig ratio you have and set up the problem.
23
2nd
7 cos = 23 cos 7
23
72.281
Make sure you are in degree mode (not radians).
200
00 4
2nd
sin
200
400 )
= 30
Make sure you are in degree mode (not radians).
When we are trying to find a side we use sin, cos, or tan. When we are trying to find an angle we use sin-1, cos-1, or tan-1.