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1. We saw how useful the ratios of the sides of right triangles could be for us. These are so important to
mathematicians that they gave them names. (They come from Latin.)
Sine
leg opposite of angle
sin() =
hypotenuse
Cosine
leg adjacent to the angle
cos() =
hypotenuse
Tangent
leg opposite of angle
tan() =
leg adjacent to the angle
SOH
CAH
TOA
It is important to note that although the names might seem fancy, their meanings are simply the ratio of
sides of a right triangle. And those ratios are important because all similar right triangles have the same
ratios!
So with our fancy new names, the Table of Right Triangle Ratios is actually:
Angle
(degree)
21
22
23
24
44
45
46
47
79
80
81
82
sin()
cos()
tan()
0.3584
0.3746
0.3907
0.4067
0.6947
0.7071
0.7193
0.7314
0.9816
0.9848
0.9877
0.9903
0.9336
0.9272
0.9205
0.9135
0.7193
0.7071
0.6947
0.6820
0.1908
0.1736
0.1564
0.1392
0.3839
0.4040
0.4245
0.4452
0.9657
1.0000
1.0355
1.0724
5.1446
5.6713
6.3138
7.1154
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And I know youve seen these buttons on your calculator! Check it! Make sure your calculator is in degree mode
by pressing MODE and then make sure DEGREE is highlighted. If it isnt, use the arrow buttons to highlight
degree and press Enter so it is.
Type cos(46)
Geometrically, it means:
Type sin(44)
Geometrically, it means:
Yup. Your calculator has built into it our Table of Right Triangle Ratios. Fancy!
But even better, we can get these ratios for non-integer angle right triangles!
(c) Use your calculator to find the hypotenuse. Once you finish this problem, call Mr. Shah/Mr. Kinnell over so
we can talk with you about proper setup/notation.
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(d) Use your calculator to find the side adjacent to the given angle:
(e) Use your calculator to find the sides opposite to and adjacent to the given angle:
Super duper important conclusion #1: Your calculators sine, cosine, and tangent buttons are simply a quick
way to get an accurate ratio of sides from the calculators extensive internal Table of Right Triangle Ratios.
In essence, your calculator is doing the work of looking up the table values for you. Nothing more.
Super duper important conclusion #2: To get your calculator to give you the right values in its extensive
Table of Right Triangle Ratios, you input the angle into
ratio of sides.
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3. But wait! Theres more! If we know a ratio of sides, we can actually use our
calculator to find the missing angles too!
(a) If we call the missing angle (a Greek letter commonly used for angles, theta),
1.244
we know that cos(
=
)
0.4539814612 . Use our Table of Right Triangle
2.7402
Ratios to find the missing angle to the nearest degree.
(b) Now were going to use our calculator. To find the missing angle, we use a related key on our calculator.
Instead of using cosine, were using something called inverse cosine. For now, just know that what this does is
it looks through the calculators internal extensive table of trig ratios, finds the appropriate one, and outputs
the angle.
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(d) For the following two problems, write down three different things you could type on your calculator to give
you the missing angle:
Super duper important conclusion #1: Your calculators inverse sine, inverse cosine, and inverse tangent
buttons are simply a quick way to get an accurate angle by using an internal extensive Table of Right Triangle
Ratios. In essence, your calculator is doing the work of looking up the table values for you. Nothing more.
Super duper important conclusion #2: To get your calculator to give you the right values in its extensive Table of
Right Triangle Ratios, you input the ratio of sides into
angle.
5. What are the similarities and differences in the Table of Right Triangle Ratios and your calculators
sine/cosine/tangent/inverse sine/inverse cosine/inverse tangent capabilities?
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6. (a) Ms. Stutt says that the missing side of the triangle can be found by saying:
missing side
cos(49.3o ) =
3.04
o
3.04 cos(49.3 ) = missing side
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(base)(height ) . Find the area of this triangle. If you need a hint,
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Are you sure you want a hint? I dont know. You might want to just continue thinking about it No? Okay. Fine. Finding the area of
a right triangle is easier than the area of a random triangle. So divide this triangle into two right triangles.
7. Look at this excerpt of the Table of Trig Ratios, copied from above.
Angle
(degree)
21
47
80
sin()
cos()
tan()
0.3584
0.7314
0.9848
0.9336
0.6820
0.1736
0.3839
1.0724
5.6713
sin()
for the three angles. What do you notice?
cos()
(b) Explain this! (Hint: think about the geometric meaning of sine, cosine, and tangent)
(c) Calculate (sin()) 2 + (cos()) 2 for the three angles. What do you notice?
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9. Find the length of CD, if angle BAD is 33 degrees, and BAC is 30 degrees.
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