Mrs. Brenda Overholt
Math Department
Franklin County High School
700 Tanyard Road
Rocky Mount, Virginia 24151
Where do you stand?
 
All right triangle trigonometry problems use this formula: 

Rule: You must STAND at one of the ACUTE ANGLES of your right triangle. The angle you choose (whether a measurement or unknown) will go into the formula at ANGLE
Choice: There are two of them! 

vertex C  vertex A  vertex T 
vertex C  vertex A  vertex T 
vertex C  vertex A  vertex T 
Next: Which Trig Function
[ tutorial | examples | standing choice | function choice | equation ]
brenda.overholt@frco.k12.va.us
August, 2004