Geometry Name: _______________________________________________

Lessons 2.8-2.12 Review Date: _____________________________

Right Triangle Summative Review

Key Concepts

Complete the Trigonometric Ratios:

sinθ = cosθ = tanθ =

What is the difference between using sin and sin−1 ?

What is the Pythagorean Theorem, and when is it used?

Complete the Special Right Triangle Ratios:

45°
______ 60°
s _ ______
s
_
45° 30°
______ ______
_ _

Using the figure to the right,

a. draw the angle of elevation of the girl looking up at the plane

(label it 1)

b. draw the angle of depression from the plane down to the girl
(label it 2)

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1. Using ∆𝑆𝑈𝑁, write the following trigonometric ratios.

sin 𝑆 = sin 𝑁 =

cos 𝑆 = cos 𝑁 =

tan 𝑆 = tan 𝑁 =

2. Fill in the angle that completes each trig ratio.

8
sin _________ =
17

8
cos __________ =
17

15
tan __________ =
8

3. a. What is the value of sin 𝑁?

b. Write a trigonometric ratio equivalent to sin 𝑁.

4. Multiple Choice Scalene right Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶 shown in the diagram to the right.
Which equation is always true?
a. sin 𝐴 = sin 𝐵
b. cos 𝐴 = cos 𝐵
c. cos 𝐴 = sin 𝐶
d. sin 𝐴 = cos 𝐵

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5. Multiple Choice
Aniya needs to determine the value of 𝑥. Which equation would she use?

47
a. tan−1 𝑥 = 25

25
b. tan−1 𝑥 = 47

47
c. 𝑥 = tan−1 (25)

25
d. 𝑥 = tan−1 (47)

6. Multiple Choice
Determine the value of 𝑢. 6

a. 𝑢 = 12
b. 𝑢 = 6√3
c. 𝑢 = 12√3
12
d. 𝑢 =
√3

7. Multiple Choice
Determine the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦.

a. 𝑥 = 17.5 𝑦 = 17.5√3
b. 𝑥 = 35√3 𝑦 = 35 𝑦

c. 𝑥 = 35√2 𝑦 = 35
d. 𝑥 = 35 𝑦 = 35√3

8. Ariela and Tedd are solving for 𝑥 in the diagram below. Explain who is correct.

Ariela: Tedd:
12
𝑥 = 12 sin(37°) 𝑥 = sin(37°)

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9. True/False
∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 and ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 are similar right triangles. Determine if the following are true or false.

cos 𝐴 > cos 𝐷 TRUE FALSE

tan 𝐵 = tan 𝐷 TRUE FALSE

̅̅̅̅
𝑚𝐴𝐶
sin 𝐴 = 𝑚𝐴𝐵
̅̅̅̅
TRUE FALSE

̅̅̅̅
𝑚𝐷𝐹
tan 𝐵 = ̅̅̅̅
TRUE FALSE
𝑚𝐸𝐹

sin 𝐷 < cos 𝐸 TRUE FALSE

For #10-15, determine the value for 𝑥 in each right triangle. Round to the nearest tenth if needed.
10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15.

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In #16-19, determine the missing sides of the special right triangles. Leave answers in exact simplified
radical form.

16. 17. 18. 19.

20. Determine the missing side lengths in the triangle. Leave answers in exact simplified radical form
or rounded to the nearest tenth.

̅̅̅̅ = ____________
𝑚𝐵𝐷

̅̅̅̅ = ____________
𝑚𝐷𝐶

̅̅̅̅ = ____________
𝑚𝐴𝐷

̅̅̅̅ = ____________
𝑚𝐴𝐵

21. Find the error in the student work below. Josephine is helping her friend study for her geometry
test. Josephine knows her friend did the question below wrong. How does Josie explain the error?
What is the correct solution?

Friend’s Work: 102 + 82 = 𝑥 2

10 cm
8 cm 100 + 64 = 𝑥 2
164 = 𝑥 2
𝑥 ≈ 12.81
𝑥 cm

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22. Error Analysis
Consider the following problem, which Sophia and Jonas are both trying to solve:

“A dog noticed a cat who has climbed a tree. If the dog is 34 meters from the base
of the tree, and looks up at the cat at a 28° angle, how high up is the cat?”

The first steps of their work are shown below.

Sophia’s Work Jonas’s Work

a. Analyze their work and determine who, if anyone, has set it up correctly.

b. How high up in the tree is the cat?

WORD PROBLEMS *Round to the nearest tenth when necessary!*

On your test, you will be graded on…

-proper diagram
- set up of the trig work
-final answer rounded properly with labels!

23. Aubrey purchased a right triangle rug online for her living room. She wants to buy a coffee table to go
with her new couch and loveseat. Aubrey purchased the couch and loveseat to match two side lengths
of the rug. She remembers that the length of her loveseat is 52 in. and the couch is 84 in., but doesn’t
remember the side length for the table. What are the possible lengths of the third side of the rug, so
Aubrey can purchase the correct length of the coffee table? (remember the rug is in the shape of a
right triangle)

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24. Isabella is at the beach on a windy day. A kite string is 60 feet long and makes an angle of 42° with the
ground. How high above the ground is the kite?

25. The top of a lighthouse is 120 meters above sea level.

George sees a capsized boat observed at an angle of depression of 23°.
How far is the boat from the base of the lighthouse?

26. Leandro is building a house. A 12-foot ladder leans against a building and makes an angle of 65° with
the ground. How far from the building is the bottom of the ladder?

27. A bug is looking up at Valentina who is 5-feet tall.

If the bug is 10 feet away from the girl’s feet, what is the bug’s angle of elevation as it looks up?

28. A 6-foot tall person walks 75 feet from a tree.

As the person looks up, their angle of elevation is 25°.
How tall is the tree?

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29. During a hike, Micayli sees a 130-foot cable going from the top of a telephone tower to the ground.
The telephone tower is 100 feet high.
What is the angle the cable creates with the ground?

30. Jake is laying down on top of a 50 foot wall looking down at Noah’s feet.
Noah is 22 feet from the wall on the ground.
What is the angle of depression Jake is looking down from?

31. Two cellphone towers detect Julia’s smartphone in use. One tower finds the smartphone is about 650
meters away at an angle of 41°. The second tower is at an approximate distance of 534 meters from
the smartphone at an angle of 53°. Find the distance between the cellphone towers. Write the answer
rounded to the nearest meter. Hint: you will need to draw in an altitude to solve this problem.

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32. Determine the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦 in the scenario below.

Formula Bank:

Pythagorean Theorem: 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐