Year 10
Core
Year 10
Core

Use tangent to find a length

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will calculate missing lengths using the tangent trigonometric ratio.

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4 Questions

Q1.
Has this triangle been correctly labelled?
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Correct answer: No
Yes
Q2.
Why has this triangle been incorrectly labelled?
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Adjacent and opposite need switching
Hypotenuse and opposite need switching
It’s not incorrect
Correct answer: None of these
Q3.
Which is the correct trigonometric ratio to use to calculate length y?
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Cosine
Correct answer: Sine
Tangent
Q4.
Which trig ratio would I use to calculate the diameter of the circle?
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Correct answer: cosine
sine
tangent

4 Questions

Q1.
Solve the equation to 1 decimal place
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x = 10.0
Correct answer: x = 20.0
x = 200.0
x = 28.3
Q2.
Find the length of y, to 3 significant figures
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0.16 m
Correct answer: 2.83 m
6.23 m
Q3.
Find the length AC, to 2 decimal places
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0.14 km
Correct answer: 6.95 km
9.29 km
Q4.
Calculate the perimeter of this rectangle, to 3 significant figures
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15.77 cm
15.8 cm
Correct answer: 31.5 cm
47.3 cm