Trigonometry Review Name _______________________________

What you need to know – Pythagorean Theorem

1. A rectangle is attached to two right triangles as shown below.

Which of these would represent the area of the rectangle?

A. B.

C. D.

THE CONVERSE OF THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM

If c2 =a2 + b2, then the triangle is right.

If c2 > a2 + b2 then the triangle is obtuse. If c2 ˂ a2 + b2, then the triangle is acute.

Classify the triangles with the given side lengths:

2. 15, 12, 9 3. 30, 24, 19 4. 12 , 12 , 5

SPECIAL RIGHT TRIANGLES: 45 – 45 - 90

Start with a square; The diagonal divides the square into two
45-45-90 degree triangles:

When given the measurement of the leg – multiply by √2 to find measurement of the hypotenuse.

When given the measurement of the hypotenuse – divide by √2 to find the measurement of the leg.

30 – 60 – 90

Start with an equilateral triangle and draw an altitude. This creates two 30-60-90 degree triangles.

Given the short leg – multiply by 2 to find the hypotenuse, by √3 to find the long leg

Given the hypotenuse – divide by 2 to find x and then use rules above.

Given the long leg – divide by √3 to find x and then use first rules.
5. The diagonal of a square is equal to 16 meters. Find the measure of the side length of the square and
its perimeter.

6. The height of an equilateral triangle is equal to 18cm. What it the perimeter?

TRIG RATIOS – LOOK UP ON FORMULA CHART – REMEMBER SOH- CAH –TOA

- Make sure your calculator is in degrees

- “Place” yourself at one of the acute angles
- Determine what you know (hypotenuse, adjacent leg or opposite leg) and what you want to solve
for (hypotenuse, adjacent leg or opposite leg)
- Pick Trig function and set up and solve
- TO FIND AN ANGLE USE cos-1, sin-1 or tan-1

What is the angle of elevation of the ramp? __________________

7. A skateboard ramp makes a 22○ angle with the ground. To the nearest foot, how high is the ramp?

8. A person is at the top of a lighthouse looking down at a boat in the water. The lighthouse is 115 m high
and the angle of depression to the boat 41 degrees. Solve for the distance between the lighthouse and
the boat.