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Cub Navigation Lesson03 Activity2 Worksheet v2 Tedl DWC

This document is a worksheet for an activity measuring angles and distances to calculate the width of a simulated river using trigonometric functions. It instructs students to measure the distance from a starting point and the angle between that point and another using a protractor. They then calculate the average angle and use the tangent function and known adjacent length to solve for the unknown opposite length, representing the river width.

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Cub Navigation Lesson03 Activity2 Worksheet v2 Tedl DWC

This document is a worksheet for an activity measuring angles and distances to calculate the width of a simulated river using trigonometric functions. It instructs students to measure the distance from a starting point and the angle between that point and another using a protractor. They then calculate the average angle and use the tangent function and known adjacent length to solve for the unknown opposite length, representing the river width.

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Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ___________________________________

Trig River Worksheet

1. Your distance from the zero edge marker: _____________


2. First pencil angle measured on the protractor: ____________ (degrees)
3. Second pencil angle measured on the protractor: ____________ (degrees)
4. Find the average of these two angle measurements: Add them together and divide by 2.
(first angle) _______ + (second angle) _______ = _______ ÷ 2 = ________ (degrees)

far edge marker


What we know so far:
?? unknown angle

hypotenuse
opposite ?? unknown length
?? unknown length measured angle
(from Step 4)
known angle (90)
protractor
zero edge marker tape

adjacent
known length (measured in Step 1)

We know the length of the side adjacent to the measured angle, but we do not know the
length of the side opposite the angle or the length of the hypotenuse.

5. Which of the trigonometric functions use the side we know and the side we want to know in
our “river”?
Circle one: sin = opp cos= adj tan= opp
hyp hyp adj

6. What is the tan of your measured angle (use a calculator or chart)? _________
7. Now you have one unknown in your equation, and you can solve it!
length of adjacent side x tan value of your angle = length of opposite side!
________ x ________ = ? Write your answer here: ____________

Congratulations, you are a math wizard! Now you know the width of the Trig River!

Navigation: Lesson 3, Trig River Activity—Worksheet

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