Trigonometry Practice Test

Name: ____________________________________ Date: ____________________________________

Knowledge and Understanding

1. Determine the unknown side length of the following triangles using similar triangles.
a) Side Length BC b) Side length DE

A 3 cm
A B
T
18 cm 2 cm
2 cm C
10 cm

B C U V
5 cm D E

c) Side Length of GI and EH d) Side length LN

E
K
101.5
N

35 cm
90 G 21 cm

20

F H I L 28 cm M
21
2. Determine the value of the unknown in each of the following right-angle triangles. Round
your answer to 2 decimal places.

a) The unknown angle 𝜃 in ΔABC b) the unknown side length 𝑥 in ΔLNM

L
B 90 cm A
𝜃
𝑥
20 cm
125 cm
67∘

C M N

3. Determine the value of the unknown in each of the following triangles. Round your answer to
to 2 decimal places.

a) The unknown angle 𝜃 in triangle in ΔUVW b) The unknown side 𝑐 in Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶

C
U 8 cm 7 cm
W
𝜃 24∘
10 cm
11 cm
52∘ A

V B
4. Solve the following triangles
a) b) C
8 cm 9 cm
W
A 110∘
16 cm

22 km
18 cm
B

Application
5. A construction area in the shape of a triangle needs to be fenced off along its borders. The
distance from the first point of the triangle to the second is 475 m and the distance from the
first point to the third point is 720 m. The angle between these two lines of sight is 50∘ . How
much fence is required to block off the second point to the third point?
6. From a point on the ground, Bernice measures the angle of elevation to the top of a tree to
be 32∘ . From the same point Bernice measures the angle of elevation of a bird flying directly
above the tree is 44∘ . If the tree is 3.8 m tall, how high is the bird above the ground? Give your
answer to two decimal places.

7. To estimate the height of a building, Kyros measures the angle of election from the ground to
the top of the building to be 35∘ . From a point that is 150 m closer to the building, the angle of
elevation is 55∘ . What is the height of the building to the nearest tenth. Round your answer to
two decimal places.
8. Dorothy who is 1.4 m tall is standing on an ice rink waving to her fans on the bleachers 20 m
away from her. From her view, the angle of elevation to the top of the bleachers is 30∘ and the
angle of depression to the bottom of the bleachers arena is 20∘ . How tall is the bleachers.
Note: Bleachers are the seats where people sit on to see a game.

Communication
9. Explain why there is no angle that will make the equation sin 𝜃 = 1.2 true.
Hint: Think about what sine measures and why obtaining that value of 1.2 is impossible

10. Leia notices that on the board that tan 𝜃 = 0.9110. Her friend, Avaia comes and says that’s
weird there is no fraction so the ratio between the opposite and adjacent cannot be determined.
Leia argues that the ratio can still be determined. Who is correct?
Thinking and Inquiry
12. Determine the area of the shaded region. In other words, determine the area of ΔFEC.
A D E

20

B C
30

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13. In a right-angle triangle sin 𝜃 = 15 , and the hypotenuse is 25. What is the area of the
triangle?