One question that stumped me this week was a word problem based on finding a missing angle in the equation. At first, I thought that the 400 m would be thy hypotenuse. When I was informed that it was the horizantal of the mine shaft (the ground) , then I figured out that I needed to use […]
Day: April 1, 2016
Solving Trig Equations
1) In this problem we need to find x, being an angle in the right triangle. To solve this missing angle, we use sine with the two side lengths we are given. (Opposite/Adjacent) Then, we move sine to the opposite side of the equation, leaving us with it’s opposite: sine-1. We multiply this with the fraction […]