PreCalc Ch4.

3
Right Triangle Word Problems
Answers
50ft 9 9
1) 45° 33° |--------------------------------------|
32ft 50ft y 18
|------------------------------------| 6
θ tan A 
x 9
45ft 50
tan 33  A  3341'24"
32 y
tan   y  76.993...
45 11)
x  127.0 ft
  3525'1"
x
7) h
2) x 30° 24.8cm
12.5ft 138ft 32.5° 51°
θ w
1500 – y y
12.5 |--------------------------------------| 12.5cm
sin   1500m x
138 tan 30 
x x 12.5
  511'49" tan 32.5 
1500  y
& tan 51 
y x  7.2168...
 x  tan 32.5 y  1500(tan 32.5) w  17.6cm
3)  x  tan 51  0
18ft x x  630.4 y  510.5 skylight
Ans : h  811 .2m 12) 15.8m 14m
59° x y
8) 41° 33.5°
18
sin 59  15ft8in
x x y
sin 41  sin 33.5 
x  21.0 ft 15.8 14
θ only round final answer
4) 22ft3in x  10.365... y  .945...
2
x 15 skylight  2.6m
tan   3
change inches to ft .
22.25
 65°10'   359'0" rounded so need 013)
" 12° angle of depression
2.1m
2 .1 9) 50m
cos 6510'  12°
x x
x  5 .0 m 6ft x
Lines are parallel so these alternate interior angles
are congruent.
5)  65°10' 15ft 8ft 50
tan 12 
x |------------------------------| x
23 x  235.2m
x 6

23 8
2.1m x  17.25
2.1
sin 6510'  x  17.3 ft
x
x  2.3 m 14)

y
10) 14.8° 13.5°
6 N P
A |---------------| |----------------|
6)
 x 100
|----------------------------------|
100 + x
y y
tan 13.5  & tan 14.8 
100  x x
tan 13.5 x  y   100 tan 13.5
tan 14.8 x  y  0
x  994.8 y  262.8
Ans : 994.8m

Bonus
Give exact answers for sides.
Give DMS for angles.
a  684 52 2
b  90 825 1
591
1  tan 1 
5 79
 1  4535
2  9 0  453 5'1

4
3  tan 3 
68
3  2 94
4  9 0  294 5'2

5  9 0  4 535'1
 143 9 "12"
6  9 0  1 439"1

c & d require a trig function and

rounding so I will not be finding
them.