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4 cards from this section. Quick, good the night before a test.
A fence post is 6 m tall and casts a shadow of 8 m. Find the angle of elevation.
Remember the tangent function relates opposite and adjacent sides.
In a triangle with a right angle, if one side is 9 cm and the other is 12 cm, what is the hypotenuse?
Don't forget to square each side!
In a right triangle, if one side is 12 and the other is 16, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
Calculate using a² + b² = c².
True or False: The sum of the angles in a triangle equals 180°.
Recall the Triangle Sum Theorem.
A park has a triangular flower bed where the lengths of the sides are 9 m, 12 m, and 15 m. Determine if it's a right triangle using Pythagorean Theorem.
Revisit the Pythagorean relationship to confirm.
A pole is 2 m shorter than a wall. If the pole casts a shadow of 4 m and the wall is 10 m tall, find the angle of elevation from the shadow's end.
Don’t forget to visualize your triangle!
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