Lesson 29

Read the problem. What are you trying to figure out?
Draw a diagram. Draw a right triangle and label it with information.
Determine which trig ratio will solve the problem.

A wooden beam 6 meters long leans against a wall and makes an angle of 71^o with the ground. How high up the wall does the beam reach? Give your answer to the nearest meter.

Read the problem. What are you trying to figure out?
Draw a diagram. Draw a right triangle and label it with information.
Determine which trig ratio will solve the problem.

​Mark is flying a kite and realizes 300 feet of string are out.
The angle of the string with the ground is 42.5^∘.
How high is Mark's kite above the ground?

Read the problem. What are you trying to figure out?
Draw a diagram. Draw a right triangle and label it with information.
Determine which trig ratio will solve the problem.

​Sam measures a 50^∘ angle to the top of a building when standing 100 feet from its base. If his eyes are 6 feet above the ground, how tall is the building?

Read the problem. What are you trying to figure out?
Draw a diagram. Draw a right triangle and label it with information.
Determine which trig ratio will solve the problem.

​A straight road to the top of a hill is 2500 meters long and makes an angle of 12^o with the horizontal. Find the height of the hill. Give your answer to the nearest hundred meters,