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 It's a nice day out, and novice
sprinter Alan decides to do a
(x)cos(45 = 100/x(x)
100/cos(45 Alan's
couple strides in a diagonal 141.4 metres
line, he doesn't have a
measuring tape, but he's a Amazing
senior in pre-calc and knows
cosine
Arithmetic
trig well, so he gets what he
knows about this field (100
meters long ran in a 45
degree angle) and sets a trig
ratio.
Adventure
He must admit, he was sine (x)sin(36 = 75/x(x)
x = 75/sin(36
very impressed with 127.6 metres
that trial as he ran that
Later on in the season, he has
distance in 17 seconds, his first competition, his friend
not the fastest man on came and sat on the highest
the team, but still bleacher. it just so happened
impressed. He was that the highest bleacher was
winded, so he waited a 75 meters away from the
couple minutes and starting line. From his friends
point of view, he looked down
tried again, all with
36 degrees and also used a trig
times under 20
ratio.
seconds.

tangent tan-1(6/15 His trig skills really cut the

21.8 When school ended in the
(2nd) tie for his team, as he kicks
degrees summer, track season was over.
the ball 7 feet at an angle
He was bummed, but his friend
greater than 21.8 degrees,
tells him to join the soccer team to
bare minimum to graze
try out. He thought of it and later
the goalkeepers head,
joined the soccer club. After weeks
better yet, he was also a
of practice he had his first game,
great kicker as the ball
the problem was, he has to kick at
flew into the goal like an F-
least 2 feet of clearance on a
35 fighter jet. To this day,
goalkeeper who is 6 feet even. He
Alan continues to use trig
was 15 feet away, so he uses a trig
for trivial problems ad now
ratio to his advantage.
became a professional
soccer player.