Trig Practice

Choose the correct ratio to find the length of 'x' using the given information .

Jake and Abby are standing at the seashore 20 miles apart. The coastline is a straight line between them. Both can see the same ship in the water. The angle between the coastline and the line between the ship and Jake is 35 degrees. The angle between the coastline and the line between the ship and Abby is 45 degrees. How far is the ship from Jake?

What is the area of a triangle with two sides that measure 6 m and 8 m with an included angle of 137°?

Your family wants to purchase a new laptop with a 17" widescreen. Since the 17 inches represents the diagonal measurement of the screen (upper corner to lower corner), you want to find out the actual dimensions of the laptop. When you measured the laptop at the store, the height was 10 inches, but you don't remember the width. Calculate the width of the laptop to the nearest tenth of an inch.

A soccer field is a rectangle 90 meters wide and 120 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the other corner diagonally across the field. How far do the players run?