Right Triangle Trigonometry Word problems SOH CAH TOA CHO SHA CAO Your calculator should be in DEGREE MODE
Jan 03, 2016
Right Triangle Trigonometry
Word problems
SOH CAH TOA
CHO SHA CAO
Your calculator should be in DEGREE MODE
X = 10.03
y= 11.13
A surveyor is standing 50 feet from the base of a large tree. The surveyor measures the angle of elevation from where he stands to
the top of the tree as 71.5°. How tall is the tree?
71.5°
50 ft.
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adj toa
h = 149.43ft
Spencer, in a park ranger’s observation station 50 feet above the ground, spots a fire in the forest. If the angle of depression from Spencer to the fire is 5, how far is the fire from the base of the station?
50ftCurran’s
observatory
FIRE
5°
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adj
toa
X = 571.50ft