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Gettin' Triggy with It!

Section 4-1: Right Triangle Trigonometry

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Six Trigonometric Functions

26

10

24

13

12

53

9
23.4

15

This cars headlight illuminates at an angle

of 35 degrees. The driver is able to see 170
feet to their left along that diagonal. How
far can the driver see straight ahead?

Troy High
School
Northfield
Parkway

Wattles Road

To get from Troy High to Athens, you must

drive .9 miles down Northfield Parkway
then 3.5 miles down Wattles. Find the
actual (not driving) distance between the
schools.

Athens High
School

Maroon Lake lies at 9,580 feet above

sea level. If the picture in the bottom
was taken at a 35 degree angle of
elevation and was 6545 feet away
from the mountain, how tall is the
mountain?

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Chalk Talk
Rules

No Talking!

Work together as a team to solve the problem

Everyone must participate

If I were to take a piece of string from the top left edge of the
room to the bottom right edge of the room, find the angle of
elevation that it would form at the right wall. Approximate
when necessary.