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SAT Right Triangle Trigonometry Sine Cosine Tangent Practice Questions (Free + Explanations) | Quiz 4

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Question 1 of 5

A hiking trail goes straight up a hill from a parking area to a lookout point. The trail is 200 feet long and makes an angle of with the horizontal ground. About how many feet above the parking area is the lookout point?

Explanation

The trail, the ground, and the vertical rise form a right triangle. The trail length, 200 feet, is the hypotenuse, and the height above the parking area is opposite the angle. Use sine: . Since , we have . Multiply both sides by 200: . So the lookout point is about 100 feet above the parking area.

Concept summary

In a right triangle, sine relates an angle to the ratio of opposite side over hypotenuse: .

Question 2 of 5

On the coordinate plane, line passes through the origin and the point . A right triangle is formed by this point, the origin, and the point . What is the value of , where is the angle at the origin between the positive -axis and the segment from to ?

Explanation

The triangle has vertices , , and . For angle at the origin, the horizontal leg from to has length , and the vertical leg from to has length . Tangent is the ratio of opposite side to adjacent side, so

Therefore, the correct answer is .

Concept summary

In a right triangle, . On the coordinate plane, the vertical change is the opposite side and the horizontal change is the adjacent side for an angle measured from the positive -axis.

Question 3 of 5

In the coordinate plane, point is at , point is at , and point is at . What is the value of ?

Explanation

Segment is horizontal from to , so its length is . Segment is vertical from to , so its length is . This makes a right triangle with right angle at . For , the opposite side is and the adjacent side is . Therefore,

Concept summary

In a right triangle on the coordinate plane, horizontal and vertical distances give the leg lengths. To find tangent of an angle, use .

Question 4 of 5

In the coordinate plane, line passes through the origin and the point . A right triangle is formed by line , the -axis, and the vertical line through . What is the value of , where is the acute angle between line and the -axis?

Explanation

The line passes through and , so the right triangle has horizontal leg length and vertical leg length . For the acute angle between the line and the -axis,

Therefore, the correct answer is .

Concept summary

For an angle formed with the -axis, tangent equals vertical change divided by horizontal change, which is also the slope of the line.

Question 5 of 5

A drone is flying at a constant height above level ground. The table shows the horizontal distance from a tracking station to the point on the ground directly below the drone and the angle of elevation from the station to the drone.

Based on the data, which expression gives ?

Explanation

Use the first row to find the drone's height in terms of the given angle. For the first position, , so the height is . Since the drone stays at a constant height, for the second position, . Therefore, the correct answer is .

Concept summary

In a right triangle, . If the height stays constant, first find the height using one triangle, then use that same height with the new horizontal distance.

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