How is trigonometry used in sports

Sports: Right Triangle Trig

Videos to help with the assignment:

How to make lines in different colors in Paint

How to label lengths of sides in Paint

Sine example

Cosine example

Tangent example

Pythagorean Theorem

Using inverse trig to find an angle

Mini Golf is a game filled with geometry. It is all about angles and forming triangles to get the best shot. This week’s project will be about be applying your knowledge of trigonometry to find the best path for each hole in the mini golf course.

Choose ONE easy and ONE Medium or Challenging golf course hole from the choices below. Then find the distance the golf ball must travel to reach the hole and find the angles of the triangles used to find the distance.

Double click on each golf course hole and table in order to show ALL work.

Hole 1 – Easy

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Hole 2 – Easy

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Hole 3 – Medium

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Hole 4 – Medium

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Hole 5 – Challenging

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Hole 6 – Challenging

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Grading Rubric

Side Lengths, Angles, and Calculations

Points Awarded

Total

Easy Choice

One Triangle: Second Triangle:

Leg Length (given) Leg Length (given)

Leg Length (given) Leg Length (1 point)

Hypotenuse Length (1 point) Hypotenuse Length (1 point)

One angle (1 point) One angle (given)

Second angle (1 point) Second angle (1 point)

Right angle (you draw in; 1 point) Right angle (you draw in; 1 point)

Total distance ball travelled (2 points)

T. 1 T. 2

Given Given

Given ___/1

___/1 ___/1

___/1 Given

___/1 ___/1

___/1 ___/1

___/2

___/10

Second Choice

Each Triangle: (points based on which choice and number of triangles)

Leg Length

Leg Length

Hypotenuse Length

One angle

Second angle

Right angle (you draw in)

Total distance ball travelled

Based on which choice

Varies

Total

Varies

Please turn into the Sports Right Triangle Trig to be graded.