Quiz (Solving Triangles)
Show all work and justify each step.
(1) Solve
given the following information.
(a)
and
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(b)
and
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(c)
and
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(2) An airplane flies 165 miles from point
in the direction
and then travels in the direction
for 80 miles. Approximate how far the airplane is from point
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(3) Given a rectangular box with dimensions
Approximate the angle
formed by a diagonal of the base
and a diagonal of the
wall.
(4) A baseball diamond has four bases (forming a square) that are 90 feet apart; the pitcher's mound is 60.5 feet from the home plate. Approximate the distance from the pitcher's mound to each of the other three bases.
(5) A rhombus has sides of length
centimeters, and the angle at one of the vertices is
Approximate the lengths of the diagonals.
Solving Triangles Quiz
Published by Library of Math -- Online math organized by subject into topics.
Written by Smith, David A.
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