One of the tasks of the Mighty Hercules was to protect the town of Nemea from a lion. One day Hercules sees the lion 320 feet away. He strings his bow and lets an arrow fly. The arrow leaves his bow travelling at 210 feet per second from a height of 6 feet. He wants to hit the lion in the neck above the shoulders which is 4 feet off of the ground. Verify with calculations that if Hercules uses a launch angle of 20 degrees he will overshoot the lion.
Ratios
A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
Trigonometric Ratios
Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
One of the tasks of the Mighty Hercules was to protect the town of Nemea from a lion. One day Hercules sees the lion 320 feet away. He strings his bow and lets an arrow fly. The arrow leaves his bow travelling at 210 feet per second from a height of 6 feet. He wants to hit the lion in the neck above the shoulders
which is 4 feet off of the ground.
- Verify with calculations that if Hercules uses a launch angle of 20 degrees he will overshoot the lion.
Trending now
This is a popular solution!
Step by step
Solved in 2 steps
