Throughout the years airplanes and air transportation have suffering from laser attacks. In this activity, students will solve a right triangle using trigonometry functions. Students will determine how far the laser point of origin is and the distance the authorities have to travel to catch the perpetrator. Watch the following CNN video before starting the assignment.

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Common Core Standards:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.SRT.C.6
Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.SRT.C.7
Explain and use the relationship between the sine and cosine of complementary angles.