MIXED PRACTICE

To use trigonometry to solve for both

missing sides and angles of right
triangles.
There are three ratios involved in trigonometry:
 Opp Adj Opp
Sin Cos Tan
Hyp Hyp Adj

𝑶 𝑨 𝑶
S C T
𝑯 𝑯 𝑨
Pronounced “sow-ca-toe-a”
To find the value of a reference angle, we use
inverse trigonometric functions.
 𝑶 𝑨 𝑶
EXAMPLE S C T
𝑯 𝑯 𝑨
𝑨
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 =
𝑯
𝒐
𝒙
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟎 =
𝟖
𝒙=𝟖 ∗ 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟎 𝒐

x 𝒙 = 𝟔. 𝟏𝟑
 𝑶 𝑨𝑶
EXAMPLE S CT
𝑯 𝑯𝑨
𝑶
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝜽 =
𝑨
𝒐
𝒙
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟔𝟓 =
𝟏𝟎
𝒙 = 𝟏𝟎 ∗ 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟔𝟓 𝒐

𝒙 = 𝟐𝟏. 𝟒𝟓
 𝑶 𝑨 𝑶
EXAMPLE S C T
𝑯 𝑯 𝑨
𝒐
𝟏𝟓
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟓𝟕 =
𝒙
𝟏𝟓
𝒙=
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟓𝟕𝒐
𝒙 = 𝟏𝟕. 𝟖𝟗
 𝑶 𝑨 𝑶
EXAMPLE S C T
𝑯 𝑯 𝑨
𝒐
𝟏𝟐
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟒𝟐 =
𝟒𝒙
𝟏𝟐
𝟒𝒙 = 𝒐
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟒𝟐
𝟒𝒙 = 𝟏𝟑. 𝟑𝟐𝟕𝟑𝟓𝟎𝟏
𝟏𝟔. 𝟔𝟒 𝒙 = 𝟑. 𝟑𝟑
 𝑶 𝑨 𝑶
EXAMPLE S C T
𝑯 𝑯 𝑨
𝒐
𝟓
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝟐. 𝟓 =
𝒓
𝟓
𝒓=
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝟐. 𝟓𝒐

𝒓 = 𝟏𝟑. 𝟎𝟕
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