Transcript Trig Jeopardy - Freedom High School

Trig. Jeopardy!
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Answer: x=19.2 y=14.4
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Answer: x=24.8 y=30.6
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Answer:x=39.8
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• The angle of elevation from a sailboat to
the top of a 145-foot lighthouse is 22
degrees. To the nearest foot, how far is
the sailboat from the lighthouse?
Answer: 358.9 feet
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Answer: x=43.3 y=49.0
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Answer: x=49.5 y=52.6
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Answer: x=11.2 y=13.2
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Answer: x=59.1
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Susan is flying a kite over her sister,
Karen, who is approximately 125
meters away. When she holds the kite
string down to the ground, the string
makes a 39 degree angle with the
level ground. To the nearest meter,
how high is Susan’s kite?
Answer: 101 meters
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Answer: x=28.7 y=31.9
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Answer: x=12.7 y=16.8
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Answer: x=38.4 y=45.3
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Evaluate the quotient of twice x and 5 to the
nearest tenth.
Daily
Double!
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Answer: 62.1
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A salvage ship’s sonar locates
wreckage at a 14 degree angle of
depression. A diver is lowered 50
meters to the ocean floor. How far
does the diver need to walk along the
ocean floor to the wreckage?
Answer: 200.5
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Answer: x=35.5 y=13.6
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Answer: x=15.7 y=8.8
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Answer: 70.6
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A meteorologist shines a spotlight
vertically onto the bottom of a cloud
formation. He then places an anglemeasuring device 60 meters from the
spotlight and measures a 71 degree
angle of elevation form the ground to
the spot of light on the clouds. How
high are the clouds?
Answer: 174.3 meters
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Answer: x=53.8 y=68.2
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Answer: x=15.5 y=20.2
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Answer: x=27.9 y=20.4
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An air traffic controller must calculate
the angle of decent (the angle of
depression) for an incoming jet. The
jet’s crew reports that their land
distance is 44 km from the base of the
control tower and that the plane is flying
at an altitude of 4.8 km. Find the
measure of the angle of decent to the
nearest tenth of a degree.
Answer: 6.2 degrees