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A 23-ft ladder leans against a building so that the angle between the ground and the ladder is 80° . How high does the ladder reach up the side of the building?

22.6506 ft

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The angle of elevation to the top of a building in New York is found to be 9 degrees from the ground at a distance of 1 mile from the base of the building. Using this information, find the height of the building.

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The angle of elevation to the top of a building in Seattle is found to be 2 degrees from the ground at a distance of 2 miles from the base of the building. Using this information, find the height of the building.

368.7633 ft

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Assuming that a 370-foot tall giant redwood grows vertically, if I walk a certain distance from the tree and measure the angle of elevation to the top of the tree to be 60° , how far from the base of the tree am I?

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Review exercises

Angles

For the following exercises, convert the angle measures to degrees.

For the following exercises, convert the angle measures to radians.

Find the length of an arc in a circle of radius 7 meters subtended by the central angle of 85°.

10.385 meters

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Find the area of the sector of a circle with diameter 32 feet and an angle of 3 π 5 radians.

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For the following exercises, find the angle between 0° and 360° that is coterminal with the given angle.

For the following exercises, find the angle between 0 and 2 π in radians that is coterminal with the given angle.

20 π 11

2 π 11

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For the following exercises, draw the angle provided in standard position on the Cartesian plane.

Find the linear speed of a point on the equator of the earth if the earth has a radius of 3,960 miles and the earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours. Express answer in miles per hour.

1036.73 miles per hour

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A car wheel with a diameter of 18 inches spins at the rate of 10 revolutions per second. What is the car's speed in miles per hour?

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Unit Circle: Sine and Cosine Functions

Find the exact value of sin π 3 .

3 2

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Find the exact value of cos π 4 .

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Find the exact value of cos π .

–1

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State the reference angle for 300° .

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State the reference angle for 3 π 4 .

π 4

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Compute cosine of 330° .

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Compute sine of 5 π 4 .

2 2

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State the domain of the sine and cosine functions.

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State the range of the sine and cosine functions.

[ 1 , 1 ]

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The Other Trigonometric Functions

For the following exercises, find the exact value of the given expression.

For the following exercises, use reference angles to evaluate the given expression.

If sec ( t ) = 2.5 , what is the sec ( t ) ?

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If tan ( t ) = 0.6 , what is the tan ( t ) ?

0.6

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If tan ( t ) = 1 3 , find tan ( t π ) .

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If cos ( t ) = 2 2 , find sin ( t + 2 π ) .

2 2 or 2 2

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Which trigonometric functions are even?

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Which trigonometric functions are odd?

sine, cosecant, tangent, cotangent

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Right Triangle Trigonometry

For the following exercises, use side lengths to evaluate.

cos ( π 2 ) = sin ( __° )

0

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csc ( 18 ° ) = sec ( __° )

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For the following exercises, use the given information to find the lengths of the other two sides of the right triangle.

cos B = 3 5 , a = 6

b = 8 , c = 10

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For the following exercises, use [link] to evaluate each trigonometric function.

A right triangle with side lengths of 11 and 6. Corners A and B are also labeled.

For the following exercises, solve for the unknown sides of the given triangle.

A 15-ft ladder leans against a building so that the angle between the ground and the ladder is 70° . How high does the ladder reach up the side of the building?

14.0954 ft

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The angle of elevation to the top of a building in Baltimore is found to be 4 degrees from the ground at a distance of 1 mile from the base of the building. Using this information, find the height of the building.

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Practice test

Convert 5 π 6 radians to degrees.

150°

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Convert −620° to radians.

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Find the length of a circular arc with a radius 12 centimeters subtended by the central angle of 30° .

6.283 centimeters

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Find the area of the sector with radius of 8 feet and an angle of 5 π 4 radians.

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Find the angle between and 360° that is coterminal with 375° .

15°

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Find the angle between 0 and 2 π in radians that is coterminal with 4 π 7 .

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Draw the angle 315° in standard position on the Cartesian plane.

A graph of a circle with an angle inscribed.
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Draw the angle π 6 in standard position on the Cartesian plane.

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A carnival has a Ferris wheel with a diameter of 80 feet. The time for the Ferris wheel to make one revolution is 75 seconds. What is the linear speed in feet per second of a point on the Ferris wheel? What is the angular speed in radians per second?

3.351 feet per second, 2 π 75 radians per second

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Find the exact value of sin π 6 .

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Compute sine of 240° .

3 2

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State the domain of the sine and cosine functions.

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State the range of the sine and cosine functions.

[ 1 , 1 ]

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Find the exact value of cot π 4 .

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Find the exact value of tan π 3 .

3

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Use reference angles to evaluate csc 7 π 4 .

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Use reference angles to evaluate tan 210 ° .

3 3

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If csc t = 0.68 , what is the csc ( t ) ?

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If cos t = 3 2 , find cos ( t 2 π ) .

3 2

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Which trigonometric functions are even?

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Find the missing angle: cos ( π 6 ) = sin ( ___ )

π 3

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Find the missing sides of the triangle A B C : sin B = 3 4 , c = 12

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Find the missing sides of the triangle.

A right triangle with hyptenuse length of 9 and angle measure of 60 degrees.

a = 9 2 , b = 9 3 2

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The angle of elevation to the top of a building in Chicago is found to be 9 degrees from the ground at a distance of 2000 feet from the base of the building. Using this information, find the height of the building.

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Questions & Answers

Three charges q_{1}=+3\mu C, q_{2}=+6\mu C and q_{3}=+8\mu C are located at (2,0)m (0,0)m and (0,3) coordinates respectively. Find the magnitude and direction acted upon q_{2} by the two other charges.Draw the correct graphical illustration of the problem above showing the direction of all forces.
Kate Reply
To solve this problem, we need to first find the net force acting on charge q_{2}. The magnitude of the force exerted by q_{1} on q_{2} is given by F=\frac{kq_{1}q_{2}}{r^{2}} where k is the Coulomb constant, q_{1} and q_{2} are the charges of the particles, and r is the distance between them.
Muhammed
What is the direction and net electric force on q_{1}= 5µC located at (0,4)r due to charges q_{2}=7mu located at (0,0)m and q_{3}=3\mu C located at (4,0)m?
Kate Reply
what is the change in momentum of a body?
Eunice Reply
what is a capacitor?
Raymond Reply
Capacitor is a separation of opposite charges using an insulator of very small dimension between them. Capacitor is used for allowing an AC (alternating current) to pass while a DC (direct current) is blocked.
Gautam
A motor travelling at 72km/m on sighting a stop sign applying the breaks such that under constant deaccelerate in the meters of 50 metres what is the magnitude of the accelerate
Maria Reply
please solve
Sharon
8m/s²
Aishat
What is Thermodynamics
Muordit
velocity can be 72 km/h in question. 72 km/h=20 m/s, v^2=2.a.x , 20^2=2.a.50, a=4 m/s^2.
Mehmet
A boat travels due east at a speed of 40meter per seconds across a river flowing due south at 30meter per seconds. what is the resultant speed of the boat
Saheed Reply
50 m/s due south east
Someone
which has a higher temperature, 1cup of boiling water or 1teapot of boiling water which can transfer more heat 1cup of boiling water or 1 teapot of boiling water explain your . answer
Ramon Reply
I believe temperature being an intensive property does not change for any amount of boiling water whereas heat being an extensive property changes with amount/size of the system.
Someone
Scratch that
Someone
temperature for any amount of water to boil at ntp is 100⁰C (it is a state function and and intensive property) and it depends both will give same amount of heat because the surface available for heat transfer is greater in case of the kettle as well as the heat stored in it but if you talk.....
Someone
about the amount of heat stored in the system then in that case since the mass of water in the kettle is greater so more energy is required to raise the temperature b/c more molecules of water are present in the kettle
Someone
definitely of physics
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how many start and codon
Esrael Reply
what is field
Felix Reply
physics, biology and chemistry this is my Field
ALIYU
field is a region of space under the influence of some physical properties
Collete
what is ogarnic chemistry
WISDOM Reply
determine the slope giving that 3y+ 2x-14=0
WISDOM
Another formula for Acceleration
Belty Reply
a=v/t. a=f/m a
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Adah
pratica A on solution of hydro chloric acid,B is a solution containing 0.5000 mole ofsodium chlorid per dm³,put A in the burret and titrate 20.00 or 25.00cm³ portion of B using melting orange as the indicator. record the deside of your burret tabulate the burret reading and calculate the average volume of acid used?
Nassze Reply
how do lnternal energy measures
Esrael
Two bodies attract each other electrically. Do they both have to be charged? Answer the same question if the bodies repel one another.
JALLAH Reply
No. According to Isac Newtons law. this two bodies maybe you and the wall beside you. Attracting depends on the mass och each body and distance between them.
Dlovan
Are you really asking if two bodies have to be charged to be influenced by Coulombs Law?
Robert
like charges repel while unlike charges atttact
Raymond
What is specific heat capacity
Destiny Reply
Specific heat capacity is a measure of the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a substance by one degree Celsius (or Kelvin). It is measured in Joules per kilogram per degree Celsius (J/kg°C).
AI-Robot
specific heat capacity is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a substance by one degree Celsius or kelvin
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Source:  OpenStax, Precalculus. OpenStax CNX. Jan 19, 2016 Download for free at https://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11667/1.6
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