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  1. #Math #TrigThursday #MathMadness #MathMenagerie #NoireSTEMinist #MySTEMIsForTheStreets
    One of the legs of a right triangle is 10cm. The other leg is 2cmshorter than the hypotenuse. Determine the measure of the largest non right angle in the triangle.

  2. #Math #TrigThursday #MathMadness #MathMenagerie #NoireSTEMinist #MySTEMIsForTheStreets
    One of the legs of a right triangle is 10cm. The other leg is 2cmshorter than the hypotenuse. Determine the measure of the smallest non right angle in the triangle.

  3. #TrigThursday #Math #NoireSTEMinist #MySTEMIsForTheStreets #BlackSTEM #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse
    A plane has traveled 26 miles on a course heading 48º east of north. How far north (x) has the plane traveled at this point, to the nearest tenth of a mile?

  4. #TrigThursday #Math #NoireSTEMinist #MySTEMIsForTheStreets
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    A student lets out 100 feet of string on a kite from a hand height of feet. The angle between horizontal hand height and the kite is 25º. Find the height of the kite above the ground, to the nearest foot.

  5. #TrigThursday #Math #NoireSTEMinist #MySTEMIsForTheStreets
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    A flag pole 18 feet tall casts a shadow 12 feet long at a specific time of day. Find, to the nearest degree, the angle of elevation of the sun at this time of day.

  6. #TrigThursday #Math #NoireSTEMinist #MySTEMIsForTheStreets #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse
    From the top of a 108 foot
    lighthouse, the angle of
    depression of a boat at sea is
    27º. Find the horizontal
    distance from the boat to the
    base of the lighthouse, to the
    nearest foot.

  7. #TrigThursday #Math #NoireSTEMinist #MySTEMIsForTheStreets
    From point P on the ground, the angle of elevation of an airplane is 23º. The
    altitude of the plane is 1200 meters.
    What is the distance from point P to
    the airplane, to the nearest tenth of a
    meter?