Friday, June 21, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Trigonometric word problem
An anesthesiologist was hypnotized by one of her patients while she was preparing the anesthetics. She started walking unconsciously. Her boss noticed that she was missing and found her foot prints. He followed them and found her chained to a volcano. She was about 100 feet off the ground. The angle of elevation from the tip of her head to where the boss was 60 degrees. How far does the boss have to run to get to his employee?
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Trig Word Problem
An assassin has a current victim to kill. She goes into the victim's work place, which is at a drag queen bar. She hides behind a trash can and aims her sniper rifle at the stage which is 5 feet high. Her drag queen victim comes out onto the stage as "Chinky China", and she levels her gun at the middle of his forehead. The angle of depression from his forehead to where she's hiding is 27 degrees. How far is the assassin hiding from "Chinky China"?
Monday, June 10, 2013
Trigonometric Word Problem
As a hobo you are running through the woods away from the police who are trying to catch you for illegally trespassing on the area you have been calling home for the last three months. As your running from the police you notice a bridge and as you are getting away the smartest idea the comes to your mind is to jump off the bridge into the water. After falling for twenty feet and swimming a ways away, you decide to stop and see how far you've gone. Looking up 49 degrees you see a policeman looking down from where you were just standing. How far have you swam?
You must have swam about 17 feet!
You must have swam about 17 feet!
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