SOHCAHTOA

Question 1

What does SIN equal?

Answer 1

SIN (0) = opposite / hypotenuse

Question 2

What does CAH equal?

Answer 2

cos (0) = adjacent/ hypotenuse

Question 3

What does TOA equal?

Answer 3

TAN (0) opposite / adjacent

Question 4

What method do you use to find the adjacent? IN SOHCAHTOA

Answer 4

SIN

Question 5

What method do you use to find the opposite? In SOHCAHTOA

Answer 5

COS

Question 6

What method do you use to find the hypotenuse?

Answer 6

TAN

Question 7

What are the steps to solving diagram problems?

Answer 7

Label the sides based on the given angle.
Decide which formula to use (SOH, CAH, TOA
Plug in the values and solve for the missing side or angles.

Question 8

What methods always include the hypotenuse?

Answer 8

SIN and COS

Question 9

What doesn’t use the hypotenuse?

Answer 9

TAN

Question 10

If a question asks for height, what method should you use?

Answer 10

SIN

Question 11

If the question asks for horizontal distance, what method should you use?

Answer 11

COSINE

Question 12

If the question only gives two sides, what method should you use?

Answer 12

TAN

Question 13

What trigonometric function should you use, you have the opposite and need the hypotenuse?

Answer 13

SIN

Question 14

A right angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 13cm and an adjacent side of 5cm, which method do you use to find the opposite?

Answer 14

COS (0) = Adjacent / hypotenuse > 5/13

Question 15

You know the angle is 30 degrees and the adjacent side is 10m, which method do you use to find the unknown side?

Answer 15

TAN (30 degrees) Opposite / adjacent > 0/10

Question 16

What would you put in the calculator to find the hypotenuse?

Answer 16

If the opposite is 5 and the angle is 30 degrees, type

5/sin(30)