Use SOH-CAH-TOA to define sin, cos and tan.Identify the opposite, adjacent and hypotenuse.Compute a ratio from side lengths.Recall what each mnemonic stands for.
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Trigonometric ratios connect the angles of a right triangle to the ratios of its side lengths — the foundation for everything else in trigonometry.
🧠 Section A · Concept Check ● BEGINNER4 × 1 = 4
1A right triangle has opposite 5 and hypotenuse 13. sin A =:
2A right triangle has adjacent 12 and hypotenuse 13. cos A =:
3A right triangle has opposite 5 and adjacent 12. tan A =:
4CAH stands for:
🧮 Section B · Problem Solving ● INTERMEDIATE2 + 3×3 = 11
5sin A = opposite / .
6cos A = / hypotenuse.
7A triangle has opposite 5, hypotenuse 13. Find sin A.
8A triangle has adjacent 12, hypotenuse 13. Find cos A.
9A triangle has opposite 5, adjacent 12. Find tan A.
🚀 Section C · Challenge ● CHALLENGE5
10What does CAH stand for?
💭 Reflection — the most useful thing I learned:
A ___/4 B ___/11 C ___/5 Total ___/20Teacher's SignatureParent's Signature
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1-A 2-A 3-A 4-A | 5 hypotenuse 6 adjacent 7 = 5/13 ≈ 0.385 8 = 12/13 ≈ 0.923 9 = 5/12 ≈ 0.417 | 10 = Cosine = Adjacent/Hypotenuse
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