Chapter 8 – Right Triangle Trigonometry Answer Key

8.1 Pythagorean Theorem and Pythagorean Triples

Answers

1. 505

2. 9 5

3. 799

4. 12

5. 10

6. 10 14
7. 26

8. 3 41

9. x2  y 2

10. 9 2
11. Yes

12. No

13. No

14. Yes

15. Yes

16. No

17. 𝑎2 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2
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18. 𝑐 2 + 4 (2) 𝑎𝑏 = 𝑐 2 + 2𝑎𝑏

19. 𝑎2 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2 = 𝑐 2 + 2𝑎, simplify to get the Pythagorean Theorem.

1 1
20. 2
(𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 + 𝑏) = 2 (𝑎2 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2 )

1 1 1
21. 2 (2) 𝑎𝑏 + 2 𝑐 = 𝑎𝑏 + 2 𝑐

1 1
22. (𝑎2 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2 ) = 𝑎𝑏 + 2 𝑐, simplify to get the Pythagorean Theorem.
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8.2 Applications of the Pythagorean Theorem

Answers

1. 124.9 u2

2. 289.97 u2

3. 72.0 u2

4. 4 5

5. 493

6. 5 10

7. 20.6” x 36.6”

8. 25.2” x 33.6”

√3 2
9. 4
𝑠

10. 16√3

11. a) c = 15

b) 12 < c < 5

c) 15 < c < 21

12. a) a=7

b) 7 < a < 24

c) 1<c<7

13. obtuse

14. right

15. acute

16. acute

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17. right

18. obtuse

19. obtuse

20. acute

21. obtuse

22. One way is to use the distance formula to find the distances of all three sides and then
use the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem. The second way would be to find the
slope of all three sides and determine if two sides are perpendicular.

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8.3 Inscribed Similar Triangles

Answers

1. ∆𝐾𝑀𝐿~∆𝐽𝑀𝐿~∆𝐽𝐾𝐿

2. 6 3

3. 6 7

4. 3 21

5. 16√2

6. 15√7

7. 2√35

8. 14√6

9. 20√10

10. 2√102

11. 𝑥 = 12√5

12. 𝑦 = 5√5

13. 𝑧 = 9√2

14. 𝑥=4

15. 𝑦 = √465

16. 𝑧 = 14√5

32 8 41
17. x ,y  10.25, z  2 41  12.81
5 5

18. x = 9, y = 3 34

9 481 81
19. x  9.87, y  , z  40
20 40

20. 6.1%

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21. 10.4%

22. 9.4%
3 9
23. ratios are 1 and 3, which both reduce to the common ratio 3. Yes, this is true for the next
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pair of terms since also reduces to 3.
9

24. geometric mean; geometric mean

25. 10

26. 20

27. 1

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8.4 45-45-90 Right Triangles

Answers

1. 4 2

2. x 2

3. 15 2

4. 11 2

5. 12

6. 4 6

7. 90 2 or 127.3’

s 2
8.
2

9. 𝑎 = 2√2, 𝑏 = 2

10. 𝑐 = 6√2, 𝑑 = 12

11. 𝑒 = 𝑓 = 13√2

12. 𝑞 = 14, 𝑝 = 14√2

13. 𝑥 = 𝑤 = 9√2

14. 𝑠 = 2√2, 𝑡 = 4

15√2
15. 𝑓=𝑔= 2
𝑜𝑟 7.5√2

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8.5 30-60-90 Right Triangles

Answers

1. 𝑏 = 5√3 , ℎ = 10

2. 𝑏 = 𝑥√3, ℎ = 2𝑥

3. 12

4. 10 3

5. 𝑔 = 10√3, ℎ = 20

6. 𝑘 = 12, 𝑗 = 12√3

7. 𝑥 = 11√3, 𝑦 = 22√3

8. m = 9, n = 18

9. 𝑡 = 3√3, 𝑠 = 9

10. 𝑎 = 9√3, 𝑏 = 18√3

11. 𝑞 = 6√3, 𝑝 = 18

12. 𝑣 = 15, 𝑤 = 10√3

3
13. 2
√3 in

25
14. 4
√3 𝑓𝑡 2

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15. √3 𝑖𝑛2
2

16. 12

17. 3960 ft

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8.6 Sine, Cosine, and Tangent

Answers
𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑
1. 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐷 = =
𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓

𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑓
2. 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐹 = ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒 = 𝑒

𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑓
3. 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐹 = 𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 𝑑

𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑
4. 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐹 = ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒 = 𝑒

𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑
5. 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐷 = ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒 = 𝑒

𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓
6. 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐷 = ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒 = 𝑒

7. cos D = sin F and sin D = cos F

8. reciprocals

2 2
9. sin A  , cos A  , tan A  1
2 2

1 2 2 2
10. sin A  , cos A  , tan A 
3 3 4

4 3 4
11. sin A  , cos A  , tan A 
5 5 3

1 3 3
12. sin A  , cos A  , tan A 
2 2 3

8 15 8
13. sin A  , cos A  , tan A 
17 17 15

14. Because the legs of a right triangle can never be longer than the hypotenuse, making
the sine and cosine ratio always less than one.
x
15. The legs of a 45-45-90 triangle are always the same, making the tangent ratio , which
x
will always equal one.

16. The tangent will increase as the angle increases. When the angle approaches 90, the
tangent gets larger very quickly.

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8.7 Trigonometric Ratios with a Calculator

Answers

1. sin 24 ≈ 0.4067

2. cos 45 ≈ 0.7071

3. tan 88 ≈ 28.6363

4. sin 43 ≈ 0.6820

5. tan 12 ≈ 0.2126

6. cos 79 ≈ 0.1908

7. sin 82 ≈ 0.9903

8. x ≈ 9.4, y ≈ 17.7

9. x ≈ 14.1, y ≈ 19.4

10. x ≈ 20.8, y ≈ 22.3

11. x ≈ 19.3, y ≈ 5.2

12. sin 80 ≈ 0.9849, cos 10 ≈ 0.9849

13. The sine of an angle is the same as the cosine of the other acute angle in the right
triangle.

14.  90   
15. They are reciprocals of each other.

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8.8 Trigonometry Word Problems

Answers

1. x ≈ 435.9 ft.

2. x = 56 meters

3. 25.3 ft

4. 42.9 ft

5. 94.6 ft

6. 49 ft

7. 14 miles

8. 47.6

9. 1.6

10. 44.0
192
11. 11
𝑓𝑡 ≈ 17 𝑓𝑡 5 𝑖𝑛; 54°

12. 51°
𝐴 𝑂
13. Tommy used 𝑂
instead of 𝐴
for his tangent ratio.

14. Tommy used the correct ratio in his equation here, but he used the incorrect angle
measure he found previously which caused his answer to be incorrect. This illustrates
the benefit of using given information whenever possible.

15. Tommy could have used Pythagorean Theorem to find the hypotenuse instead of a
trigonometric ratio.

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8.9 Inverse Trigonometric Ratios

Answers
10
1. 𝑚∠𝐴 = sin−1 (18) = 33.7°

9
2. 𝑚∠𝐴 = tan−1 (15) = 31.0°

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3. 𝑚∠𝐴 = cos−1 (45) = 44.7°

23
4. 𝑚∠𝐴 = tan−1 ( ) = 39.4°
28

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5. 𝑚∠𝐴 = cos−1 (16) = 46.6°

6
6. 𝑚∠𝐴 = sin−1 (10) = 36.9°

7. 𝑚∠𝐴 = sin−1(0.5684) = 34.6°

8. 𝑚∠𝐴 = cos−1 (0.1234) = 82.9°

9. 𝑚∠𝐴 = tan−1(2.78) = 70.2°

10. mA = 38, BC ≈ 9.38, AC ≈ 15.23

11. mA = 18.4, mB = 71.6, AB ≈ 12.6

12. mA ≈ 45.6, mC ≈ 44.4, AB ≈ 7.14

13. mA = 60, BC = 12, AC = 12 3

14. mA ≈ 48.2, mB ≈ 41.8, CB ≈ 15.7

15. mB = 50, AB ≈ 49.8, AC ≈ 38.1

16. You would use a trig ratio when given a side and an angle and the Pythagorean
Theorem if you are given two sides and no angles.

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8.10 Laws of Sines and Cosines

Answers

1. mB = 84, a = 10.9, b = 13.4

2. mB = 47, a = 16.4, c = 11.8

3. mA = 38.8, mC = 39.2, c = 16.2

4. b = 8.5, mA = 96.1, mC = 55.9

5. mA = 25.7, mB = 36.6, mC = 117.7

6. mA = 81, mB = 55.4, mC = 43.6

7. b = 11.8, mA = 42, mC = 57

8. b = 8.0, mB = 25.2, mC = 39.8

9. mA = 33.6, mB = 50.7, mC = 95.7

10. mC = 95, AC = 3.2, AB = 16.6

11. BC = 33.7, mC = 39.3, mB = 76.7

12. mA = 42, BC = 34.9, AC = 22.0

13. 𝑚∠𝐵 = 105°, 𝑚∠𝐶 = 55°, 𝐴𝐶 = 14.1

14. 𝑚∠𝐵 = 35°, 𝐴𝐵 = 12, 𝐵𝐶 = 5

15. Yes, BC would still be 5 units (see B

isosceles triangle in diagram); the 12 35° 70° 5

measures of ∠𝐶 are supplementary 20° 125° 55° 55°
A 8.4 C C
as shown.
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