Solving Right Triangles - Worksheet 7 - 10th Grade

Medium

Find all missing sides and angles of right triangles (Medium)

18 problems · 20-25 minutes · Skills: trigonometry, right triangles, problem solving

About This Worksheet

This medium-level worksheet contains 18 problems designed for 10th Grade students practicing solving right triangles. Medium worksheets introduce larger numbers and varied question formats to deepen understanding and build fluency.

Solving a right triangle — finding every side and every angle — is a fundamental skill in surveying, navigation, architecture, and physics. The ability to move fluently between sides and angles using trig functions gives students a complete toolkit for working with any right triangle in any applied context.

  • Find all missing side lengths using sine, cosine, and tangent
  • Find all missing angle measures using inverse trig functions
  • Apply the Pythagorean Theorem alongside trig ratios in complete right triangle problems
  • Solve right triangles embedded in geometric figures like hexagons and circles
  • Verify solutions by checking that all angles sum to 180 degrees

How to Solve: Worked Example

Example Problem: A right triangle has hypotenuse 14 and an angle of 66°. Find the opposite side.
Solution Steps:
  1. Use sine, since opposite and hypotenuse are involved: sin 66° = opposite/14.
  2. Multiply both sides by 14: opposite = 14 × sin 66°.
  3. sin 66° ≈ 0.9135, so opposite ≈ 12.8.
Answer: 12.8
Tip: Make sure your calculator is in degree mode — radian mode is the usual cause of a wildly wrong answer.
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A right triangle has hypotenuse 36 and an angle of 53°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
2
A right triangle has hypotenuse 38 and an angle of 31°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
3
A right triangle has hypotenuse 19 and an angle of 21°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
4
A right triangle has hypotenuse 19 and an angle of 55°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
5
A right triangle has hypotenuse 37 and an angle of 20°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
6
A right triangle has hypotenuse 5 and an angle of 39°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
7
A right triangle has hypotenuse 33 and an angle of 32°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
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A right triangle has hypotenuse 23 and an angle of 27°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
9
A right triangle has hypotenuse 8 and an angle of 44°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
10
A right triangle has hypotenuse 39 and an angle of 68°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
11
A right triangle has hypotenuse 26 and an angle of 56°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
12
A right triangle has hypotenuse 19 and an angle of 45°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
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A right triangle has hypotenuse 27 and an angle of 55°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
14
A right triangle has hypotenuse 32 and an angle of 63°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
15
A right triangle has hypotenuse 12 and an angle of 28°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
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A right triangle has hypotenuse 18 and an angle of 63°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
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A right triangle has hypotenuse 5 and an angle of 21°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).
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A right triangle has hypotenuse 33 and an angle of 36°. Find the opposite side (to 1 dp).

Answer Key

1. 28.82. 19.63. 6.84. 15.65. 12.76. 3.17. 17.58. 10.49. 5.610. 36.211. 21.612. 13.413. 22.114. 28.515. 5.616. 16.017. 1.818. 19.4

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