Water Tower

Act 1

1. How tall is the light pole?

2. Write down a guess.

Act 2

3. What information would be useful to figure this out?

4. Write down some questions you have in your head right now.

Act 3

Sequel

5. If the light pole was 15 feet tall, how far away from the tower would it need to be? Assume the angle of elevation is still 42.7°.

Standards

Common Core

• HSG.SRT.C.8 - Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems.

TEKS

• G.9(A) - determine the lengths of sides and measures of angles in a right triangle by applying the trigonometric ratios sine, cosine, and tangent to solve problems