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The Right Triangle
Nicolaas Lems
Contents
Sine Cosine
Tangent
What is a Right Triangle?
Title PageReferences State Core
SineSine(a)=Opposite/Hypotenuse
Opposite
Adjacent
Hypotenuse
a
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Cosine
Opposite
Adjacent
Hypotenuse
a
Cosine(a)=Adjacent/Hypotenuse
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Tangent
Opposite
Adjacent
Hypotenuse
a
Tangent(a)=Opposite/Adjacent
Problem using Tangent contents
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What is a Right Triangle?
A right triangle is a triangle with one of it’s three angles measuring to be 90º
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32°
X
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Find the Value of X using the Sine
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12.5
X
70º
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Find the value of X using the Cosine
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20
X50°
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Find the value of X using the Tangent
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10
32°
X
Sin(32º)=X/10
X=sin (32º)*10
X=5.3
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12.5
X
70º
Cos(70º)=12.5/X
X= 12.5/Cos(70º)
X=36.5
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20
X50°
Tan(50º)=20/X
X=23.8
X=20/ Tan(50º)
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ReferencesMath World
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RightTriangle.html
Webmath.com
http://www.webmath.com/rtri.html
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State CoreStandard 2Students will represent and analyze mathematical situations and properties using patterns, relations, functions, and algebraic symbols.
Objective 2.1 Use patterns, relations, and functions to represent mathematical situations.
Identify trigonometric relationships (sine, cosine, and tangent) using right triangles, expressing the relationships as fractions or decimals.
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