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    Applications of Right Triangles Section 6.

    Solve a Right Triangle

    Pythagorean theorem:
    A

    b c

    C a B

    1. Solve the right triangle. Round the lengths of sides to 1 decimal place.

    28° c =14.8
    b

    C B
    a

    2. Solve the right triangle. Round the measurements to 1 decimal place.

    C
    a=9
    b
    B
    A c = 20
    Solve Applications of Right Triangles

    3. A surveyor stands on level ground 100 feet from the base of a lighthouse. He measures the angle from the
    ground to the top of the lighthouse to be 18°. Rounded to the nearest foot, what is the height of the lighthouse?

    4. A surveyor stands on level ground 90 feet from the base of a lighthouse. He measures the angle from eye level
    to the top of the lighthouse to be 28°. If the surveyor’s eye is 5 feet above the ground, what is the height of the
    lighthouse? Round to the nearest foot.

    5. To determine the height of a window in the top of a lighthouse, two measurements are taken from the ground
    90 feet from the base of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation from the ground to the bottom of the window is
    36° and the angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the window is 42°.

    Find the height of the window to the nearest foot.

    From the given information, can we determine the height of the lighthouse?
    6. An observer in a helicopter hovering 200 feet above the sea makes measurements to two buoys at points A and
    B below. She finds the angles of depression to be 44° and 35° respectively. Assuming the observer is in the
    same vertical plane as the buoys, what is the distance between the two buoys? Round to the nearest foot.

    A B

    Compute the Bearing of an Object

    The term bearing is used to convey the angular relationship from one point to another.

    The bearing from point A to point B is the degree measure of the acute angle formed by ray and the north-
    south line.

    A bearing is denoted by the letter N or S (north or south), followed by the measure of the angle in degrees, followed
    by the letter E or W (east or west).
    N
    For example, a ship bearing S40W is heading in a southwesterly direction.
    Specifically, the ship is traveling 40 to the west of due south.

    W
    A E

    B 40
    S
    Find the bearing from A to B.
    N
    7. N 8.

    B 124
    B
    40 W E
    W E A
    A

    S
    S
    9. N 10. N

    220 19
    W
    A E
    W E
    A
    B B

    S S

    11. Find the bearing from A to B. Hint: sketch a coordinate system with origin at point A.

    A A

    B 30 B 30

    12. A boat leaves a marina and sails north for 30 minutes, then west for 2 hours. If the boat’s average speed is 12
    miles per hour, find the bearing for the return trip. Round to the nearest degree.

    13. A plane leaves an airport at a bearing of N38°W and travels at 280 mph for 2 hours The plane then makes a
    90° left turn and travels 500 miles to its destination. Find the bearing required to locate the plan from the
    airport. Round to the nearest degree.

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