Section 8-6: Solving Problems Using Trigonometric Ratios

Here is a ratios, rates, and proportions worksheet which invites learners to solve word problems dealing with ratios, rates, and proportions. They complete 26 problems total.

Build confidence by using multiple approaches to problem solving! This resource uses a visual and algebraic approach to solving application problems. A discussion is included about efficient approaches to different problems.

This lesson is a bit more challenging, but Sal provides an excellent step-by-step explanation. He uses of different colors to help learners follow the process for solving this problem. As he solves one problem, he poses another and...

In this video, Sal solves a word problem sent in by a listener with two cyclists riding towards each other over a given time. It is an interesting problem regarding ratios and the relationship between distance, rate, and time. He shows...

Using indirect measurement, this video shows viewers how to find the height of a flagpole. The lecturer employs drawings as well as proportions to solve this problem, explaining each step. A useful resource to aid struggling learners and...

Using indirect measurement, this video shows viewers how to find the height of a flagpole. The lecturer employs drawings as well as proportions to solve this problem, explaining each step. A useful resource to aid struggling learners and...

In this problem you are given an angle of elevation and one side of a right triangle to find a missing side. Watch the instructor explain how to use the tangent ratio formula to solve this problem.

A word problem, a triangle, monomials, exponents, what to do? The instructor explains how to set up this ratio in order to solve the problem and express it as a monomial in simplest form.

One given angle and one given length equals an unknown height. What? Here's a word problem that can be solved given two pieces of information by using the correct formula. Watch the instructor explain how to use the tangent ratio formula...

Students explore proportions and ratios. In this solving percent problems instructional activity, students examine percent problems including tax and percent of change.