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    A 16 foot ladder is leaning against a house. It touches the bottom of a window that is 12 feet 6 inches above the ground. What is the measure of the angle that the ladder forms with the ground? a kite whose string is making a right angle with the ground is 65 meters long. How far is the kite above the ground?

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    A 16 foot ladder is leaning against a house. It touches the bottom of a window that is 12 feet 6 inches above the ground. What is the measure of the angle that the ladder forms with the ground? a kite whose string is making a right angle with the ground is 65 meters long. How far is the kite above the ground?

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    Right Triangle Application Problems Solved

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    A 16 foot ladder is leaning against a house. It touches the bottom of a window that is 12 feet 6 inches above the ground. What is the measure of the angle that the ladder forms with the ground? a kite whose string is making a right angle with the ground is 65 meters long. How far is the kite above the ground?

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    RightTriangleApplicationProblemsSolved

    RightTriangle
    Applications
    Problems
    Solved
    1.A16footladderisleaningagainstahouse.It
    touchesthebottomofawindowthatis12feet6
    inchesabovetheground.Whatisthemeasureofthe
    anglethattheladderformswiththeground?
    Letxequalthemeasureoftheangletheladderforms
    withtheground.Apictureoftheproblemisdrawnto
    theright.
    Wehavethesideoppositetotheangleinquestionas
    wellasthehypotenuse.Icanwritetheunknownintermsoftheknownusingthedefinitionofsine:

    and

    .FirstIneedtogeteverythingintermsofinches:12ft=144in.,so12ft6in=150in.
    =192inso
    .Noticetheunitscancelout.Youshouldalwaysgeta

    unitlessnumberwhenyouhaveatrigonometricratio.UsingtheinversesinonacalculatorIgetthe
    measureoftheangleisequalto
    .
    2.
    a.IwouldusetheconverseofthePythagoreanTheoremto
    solvethisproblem.
    b.TheconverseofthePythagoreanTheoremtellsmethatif
    thenthepolewouldbeatarightanglewith
    thegroundwhenthestringwas17ft.
    Socompute
    and
    stringis17ft.

    since

    thepolewouldbeatarightanglewiththegroundwhenthe

    3.Kailaisflyingakitewhosestringismakinga

    anglewiththeground.Thekitestringis65meters

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    long.Howfaristhekiteabovetheground?
    AfterreadingtheproblemIwoulddrawthefollowingpicture:
    wherehistheheight,whatIwanttofind.Iknowanangle,soIknowIneedtousea
    trigonometricratiotosolvethisproblem.Iamlookingforthesideoppositethegiven
    angleandIknowthehypotenuse.LookingatmydefinitionsIseeIshouldusethesine
    ratiotowritetheunknownintermsofknowns.

    SoIhave

    or

    Sousingmycalculatortocomputesin

    Ifindthekiteisapproximately61metersabovetheground.

    4.TheBrook'sareinstallingawidescreentelevisionwitha60inchdiagonal.Theirentertainmentcenter
    is48incheswideby36incheshigh,willthetelevisionfitintheircurrententertainmentcenter?
    AfterreadingtheproblemIdrawthefollowing:
    Iwanttofinddtoseeifthetelevisionwitha60inchdiagonal
    willfitintoarectanglethatis48inchesby36inches.Icanuse
    thePythagoreanTheoremtoputmyknownsintermsofmy
    unknown:
    or

    sothetelevisionwillfitexactly.
    5.Asurveyoris100metersfromthebaseofadam.Theangleofelevationtothetopofthedam
    measures .Thesurveyor'seyelevelis1.73metersabovetheground.Findtheheightofthedamtothe
    nearesthundredthofameter.

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    AfterreadingtheproblemIdraw:
    Sothetopofthedamwillbedistanced+
    1.73m.Ihaveandangle,andtheside
    adjacenttotheangleandIamlookingfor
    thesideoppositetheangle.Since
    Iwillusethistrigonometric
    ratiotosolveford.
    Iget:

    Iamnotquitedone,ImustaddthedistancethetriangleisabovethegroundtogettheheightIam
    lookingfor.Theheightofthedamis48.77m+1.73m=50.50m.
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