You are at the top of a mountain and in the distance, you can see a crashed alien ship. You want to go investigate but want to know the distance from the top of the mountain to the alien ship! You’re able to measure that the angle between your horizontal line of sight and the alien ship is 41◦. You know that the mountain you’re on top of has a height of 275m. Find the length of the line of sight from the alien ship to you if you shine a line diagonally to the alien ship.
Ratios
A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
Trigonometric Ratios
Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
You are at the top of a mountain and in the distance, you can see a crashed alien ship. You want to go investigate but want to know the distance from the top of the mountain to the alien ship! You’re able to measure that the angle between your horizontal line of sight and the alien ship is 41◦. You know that the mountain you’re on top of has a height of 275m. Find the length of the line of sight from the alien ship to you if you shine a line diagonally to the alien ship.
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