Right triangle trigonometry

Practice sheet

Fresh questions from the whole chapter, to do on paper.

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  1. An isosceles right triangle has legs of length 8. Find the hypotenuse (exact).
  2. In a 30-60-90 triangle the shortest side is 10. Find the longer leg (exact).
  3. In a 30-60-90 triangle the hypotenuse is 6. Find the side opposite the 30∘30^\circ angle.
  4. A right triangle has legs 12 and 16 and hypotenuse 20. Angle AA is opposite the leg 12. Find sin⁡A\sin A.
  5. Same kind of triangle: legs 15 and 36, hypotenuse 39. Angle BB is opposite the leg 36. Find tan⁡B\tan B.
  6. In a right triangle with acute angle 21∘21^\circ, which ratio is cos⁡21∘\cos 21^\circ?
    1. adjacent ÷ hypotenuse
    2. opposite ÷ hypotenuse
    3. opposite ÷ adjacent
  7. A right triangle has hypotenuse 14 and an acute angle 43∘43^\circ. Find the side opposite that angle (to 2 decimal places).
  8. A ramp rises at 55∘55^\circ over a horizontal distance of 15 m. How high does it rise? (2 decimal places)
  9. The side opposite a 40∘40^\circ angle in a right triangle is 4. Find the hypotenuse (2 decimal places).
  10. A right triangle has legs 10 (opposite angle AA) and 12 (adjacent). Find angle AA in degrees (1 decimal place).
  11. In a right triangle the side opposite angle AA is 5 and the hypotenuse is 15. Find AA in degrees (1 decimal place).
  12. What does sin⁡−1(0.7)\sin^{-1}(0.7) mean?
    1. The angle whose sine is 0.7
    2. 1sin⁡0.7\dfrac{1}{\sin 0.7}
    3. −sin⁡(0.7)-\sin(0.7)