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Problem Solving with the Pythagorean Theorem and Trigonometry

Adapted from Walch Educations. Problem Solving with the Pythagorean Theorem and Trigonometry. Remember: Given the angle Given the angle Given the angle Given right triangle ABC , a 2 + b 2 = c 2 , where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse.

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Problem Solving with the Pythagorean Theorem and Trigonometry

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  1. Adapted from Walch Educations Problem Solving with the Pythagorean Theorem and Trigonometry

  2. Remember: • Given the angle • Given the angle • Given the angle • Given right triangle ABC, a2 + b2 = c2, where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse.

  3. angle of depressionis the angle created by a horizontal line and a downward line of sight. • angle of elevationis the angle created by a horizontal line and an upward line of sight. Angle of Depression and Angle of Elevation

  4. A meteorologist reads radio signals to get information from a weather balloon. The last alert indicated that the angle of depression of the weather balloon to the meteorologist was 41°and the balloon was 1,810 meters away from his location on the diagonal. To the nearest meter, how high above the ground was the balloon? Example 1

  5. Sketch the problem

  6. the angles of depression and elevation are congruent

  7. Since x is opposite the angle of elevation and the distance from the weather balloon to the meteorologist is represented by the hypotenuse of the right triangle, we will use sine to find the vertical height. The weather balloon was, vertically, about 1,188 meters from the meteorologist’s location.

  8. A sonar operator on an anchored cruiser detects a pod of dolphins feeding at a depth of about 255 meters directly below. If the cruiser travels 450 meters west and the dolphins remain at the same depth to feed, what is the angle of depression, x, from the cruiser to the pod? What is the distance, y, between the cruiser and the pod? Round your answers to the nearest whole number. Your Turn…

  9. Thanks for Watching! Ms. Dambreville

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