Chi is flying his kite. The kite string is 40 m long. The angle of elevation the string makes with the horizontal is 26. What is the haight of the kite?

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1. Chi is flying his kite. The kite string is 40 m long. The angle
of elevation the string makes with the horizontal is 26°. What
is the haight of the kite?
40 m
Metnod to Use:
26°
Three lights are located in a park along three different
paths. The distance between the first light and the second
light is 15 m. The distance between the second light and
the third light is 19 m. The distance between the first light
and the third light is 17 m. Calculate angle A.
2.
17 m
19 m
AMnthod te les:
3.
Two ships leave port at exactly the same time. Doria heads.
Doria
Stockholm
north at 10 knots and Stockholm heads 32° west of north at 12
knots. Calculate how far apart the two ships are aftor 2 h.
Method to Use:
32
4.
A 10 m ladder leans against a wall. The top of
the ladder is 9 m above the ground. Safety
standards callI for the angle between the base of
the ladder and the ground to bo batwaen 70° End
80. Is the ladder safe to climb? Be sure to draw
a diagram.
Mathod tn UsD:
A cable car stops part of the way across an 86-m
5.
wide gorge. The cable holding the car makes an
angle of depression of 7 at one end and a angle
of depression of 40° at the other end. How long is
the cable that holds the car? Be sure to draw a
diagram.
Method to Use:
6.
A sewer pipe for a new subdivision has to be laid
underground. A connection is made to the main
service pipe at either end of the 4.8-km stretch of
road. One pipe, 2.5 km long, makes an angle of
72* at one end of the road. Calculate the length of
the second pipe that will connect the first pipe to
the other end of the road.
Method to Use:
Homework: Page 48-51 #1-10
MBE 3C - Unit 1: Trigonometry-1.5: Make Declsions Using Trigonometry - Note
Compiled By: Mr. K. Pearce - Belle River District High School - GECDSÉ
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Transcribed Image Text:Match Me Up 1. Chi is flying his kite. The kite string is 40 m long. The angle of elevation the string makes with the horizontal is 26°. What is the haight of the kite? 40 m Metnod to Use: 26° Three lights are located in a park along three different paths. The distance between the first light and the second light is 15 m. The distance between the second light and the third light is 19 m. The distance between the first light and the third light is 17 m. Calculate angle A. 2. 17 m 19 m AMnthod te les: 3. Two ships leave port at exactly the same time. Doria heads. Doria Stockholm north at 10 knots and Stockholm heads 32° west of north at 12 knots. Calculate how far apart the two ships are aftor 2 h. Method to Use: 32 4. A 10 m ladder leans against a wall. The top of the ladder is 9 m above the ground. Safety standards callI for the angle between the base of the ladder and the ground to bo batwaen 70° End 80. Is the ladder safe to climb? Be sure to draw a diagram. Mathod tn UsD: A cable car stops part of the way across an 86-m 5. wide gorge. The cable holding the car makes an angle of depression of 7 at one end and a angle of depression of 40° at the other end. How long is the cable that holds the car? Be sure to draw a diagram. Method to Use: 6. A sewer pipe for a new subdivision has to be laid underground. A connection is made to the main service pipe at either end of the 4.8-km stretch of road. One pipe, 2.5 km long, makes an angle of 72* at one end of the road. Calculate the length of the second pipe that will connect the first pipe to the other end of the road. Method to Use: Homework: Page 48-51 #1-10 MBE 3C - Unit 1: Trigonometry-1.5: Make Declsions Using Trigonometry - Note Compiled By: Mr. K. Pearce - Belle River District High School - GECDSÉ 2 of 2
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