Solve Right Triangles Ch 7.7. Solving right triangles What you need to solve for missing sides and...

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Solve Right Triangles Ch 7.7

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Page 1: Solve Right Triangles Ch 7.7. Solving right triangles What you need to solve for missing sides and angles of a right triangle: – 2 side lengths – or –

Solve Right Triangles

Ch 7.7

Page 2: Solve Right Triangles Ch 7.7. Solving right triangles What you need to solve for missing sides and angles of a right triangle: – 2 side lengths – or –

Solving right triangles

• What you need to solve for missing sides and angles of a right triangle:

– 2 side lengths

– or

– A side and an angle

Page 3: Solve Right Triangles Ch 7.7. Solving right triangles What you need to solve for missing sides and angles of a right triangle: – 2 side lengths – or –

Inverse Trigonometric Ratios

Page 4: Solve Right Triangles Ch 7.7. Solving right triangles What you need to solve for missing sides and angles of a right triangle: – 2 side lengths – or –

Find the measure of angle C

•Ask yourself, “what 2 sides do I have?”

•Ask yourself, “what trig function should I use? Sine? Cosine? Or Tangent?”

•Set up the ratio

•Find the angle measure.

opposite

adjacent

Cadj

opp 1tan

C

15

20tan 1

C13.53

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Find the móC and móA

Page 6: Solve Right Triangles Ch 7.7. Solving right triangles What you need to solve for missing sides and angles of a right triangle: – 2 side lengths – or –

Solve the triangle

Page 7: Solve Right Triangles Ch 7.7. Solving right triangles What you need to solve for missing sides and angles of a right triangle: – 2 side lengths – or –

Solve the triangle

Page 8: Solve Right Triangles Ch 7.7. Solving right triangles What you need to solve for missing sides and angles of a right triangle: – 2 side lengths – or –

Solve the triangle

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Assume the given angle is acute, find the angle measure to the nearest tenth

• sin A = 0.78

3.5178.0sin 1

99.0cos x

1.899.0cos 1

45.0tan x

2.2445.0tan 1