What are the legs of a right triangle?

The sides that form the right angle

What is an angle of elevation?

Angle from the ground up to an object

What is trigonometry?

The study of triangle side and angle relationships

What is the hypotenuse?

The longest side opposite the right angle

What do inverse trigonometric functions find?

Angle measure from a trig ratio

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1
What are the legs of a right triangle?
The side opposite the right angle
The longest side
The diagonal
The sides that form the right angle
2
What is a Proportion
a number that repeats
A line that goes through the origin
A part of a circle
comparison of 2 equal ratios
3
In a proportion, \frac{a}{b}=\frac{c}{d} what are the means?
a and d
b and d
a and c
b and c
4
What does 'similar' mean in geometry?
Identical sides and angles
Same shape, different size
Two shapes that are mirrored
Equal in area
5
What does pitch describe?
The height of a building
The length of a roof
The steepness of a roof
The width of a triangle
6
What is rise in a slope?
The base
The flat part of a ramp
The vertical change
The diagonal length
7
Ratio for cosine
Hypotenuse / opposite
Opposite / adjacent
Adjacent / hypotenuse
Hypotenuse / adjacent
8
What is the cosθ
17/15
15/17
8/17
17/8
9
What is the tanθ
15/17
8/15
17/15
17/8
10
What is an angle of elevation?
The angle inside a triangle
An angle going downward
Angle from the ground up to an object
A flat angle
11
What is trigonometry?
The study of triangle side and angle relationships
A function of only circles
The study of rates of change
The measure of steepness
12
What is the sinθ
8/17
15/17
17/8
17/15
13
What is the hypotenuse?
The longest side opposite the right angle
The side next to the angle
A vertical leg
The shortest side
14
What do inverse trigonometric functions find?
Side length
Type of triangle
Angle measure from a trig ratio
Slope of a line
15
Ratio for sin
Hypotenuse / opposite
Adjacent / hypotenuse
Adjacent / opposite
Opposite / hypotenuse
16
Ratio for tangent
Hypotenuse / adjacent
Opposite / adjacent
Adjacent / hypotenuse
Opposite / hypotenuse
17
What is run in a slope?
The vertical change
The horizontal change
The slanted part change
The height of the ramp change
18
What ratio for tangent
adjacent / hypotenuse
opposite / adjacent
opposite / hypotenuse
hypotenuse / adjacent

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