Unit 7 Test Study Guide + Name: __________________________________________

(Right Triangles & Trigonometry) Date: ____________________________ Per: __________

Topic 1: The Pythagorean Theorem

For any right triangle: _________________________, where a and b are legs and c is the hypotenuse.

Directions: Solve for x. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

1. 9 2.
14

x 17 x
11

3. 4.
6.8 18
x 13

x
8.1

5. An Olympic-size swimming pool is 6. A 20-foot ramp is used at the loading dock

approximately 50 meters long by 25 meters of a factory. If the base of the ramp is
wide. What distance will a swimmer travel if placed 19 feet from the base of the dock,
they swim from one corner to the opposite? how high is the loading dock?

Topic 2: Pythagorean Theorem Converse & Classifying Triangles

Given a triangle with side lengths a, b, and c:
Recall: To be a
• If ________________________________, then it is a right triangle. triangle, the sum of
the two smaller sides
• If ________________________________, then it is an acute triangle. must be greater than
the third largest side.
• If ________________________________, then it is an obtuse triangle.

Directions: Classify the triangle with the given side lengths as acute, right, obtuse, or not a triangle.
7. 20, 21, 29 8. 5, 9, 10
❑ Not a  ❑ Not a 
❑ Acute ❑ Acute
❑ Right ❑ Right
❑ Obtuse ❑ Obtuse
9. 3, 15, 18 10. 16, 21, 28

❑ Not a  ❑ Not a 
❑ Acute ❑ Acute
❑ Right ❑ Right
❑ Obtuse ❑ Obtuse

Topic 3: Special Right Triangles

Directions: Label the sides for each special right triangle.
45°-45°-90° 30°-60°-90°
Special Right Triangle Special Right Triangle

45° 60°

30°
45°

Directions: Find the value of each variable.

11. 12. 13.
y
9
45° x
x 22
x 5
30°
y 60°
y

x = _________ x = _________ x = _________

y = _________ y = _________ y = _________

14. y 15. 42 16.

45° 30° x y
x x 45°
16 y

x = _________ x = _________ x = _________

y = _________ y = _________ y = _________

Topic 4: Right Triangle Trigonometry

For Sine, Cosine, and Tangent, remember: __________________________________

Directions: Find each trigonometric ratio. Give your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
17.
Q • sin Q = _________ • sin R = _________

16 • cos Q = ________ • cos R = ________

S R • tan Q = ________ • tan R = ________

30
Directions: Solve for x. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
18. 19.
54° 24
9 46°

x x

20. 21.
27°
x

35°
x
21

13

22. 23.

x° x°
23 10
13
24

24. 25.
39 x° 17
x°
30 18

Topic 5: Angle of Elevation & Angle of Depression

Directions: Use a picture to help solve the problem. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
26. The town park does an outdoor movie night every Saturday during the summer on a large
screen. Kate is sitting 36 feet from the base of the screen, watching a movie with her family. If
the angle of elevation from Kate to the top of the screen is 24°, how tall is the movie screen?
27. While parasailing, Ryan spots a dolphin on the water below. If Ryan is 228 feet above the
water and the angle of depression to the dolphin is 15°, what is the horizontal distance
between Ryan and the dolphin?

28. The angle of depression from an airplane to the top of an air traffic control tower is 56°. If the
tower is 320 feet tall and the the airplane is flying at an altitude of 7,450 feet, how far away is
the airplane from the control tower?

29. Find the angle of depression from the top of a lighthouse 275 feet above water to a boat
1,324 feet off shore.

Topic 6: Law of Sines & Law of Cosines

Directions: Use the Law of Sines to solve for x. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
30. 31.
° 34
92° 17
x 5 x °

35

27°

32. A 20-foot tall flagpole is leaning towards a house. If the flagpole makes an 85° angle with the
ground and the angle of elevation from the base of the house to the top of the pole is 55°
degrees, find the distance from the base of the flagpole to the house.
Directions: Use the Law of Cosines to solve for x. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
33. 34. x

22 x
10
73° 66° 14
27

35. 36. A utility pole is supported by two wires, one

on each side going in the opposite
17 direction. The two wires form a 75° angle at
11 the utility pole. If the wires are 12 meters
x ° and 16 meters long and secured to the
10 ground, find the distance between the wires
on the ground.

Directions: Use the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines to solve each triangle. Round all answers to
the nearest tenth.
37.
Q mP =
13
6
mQ =
P R
11

mR =

38.
C CD =
25°

ED =
9

113°
E D mD =