From the angle of the first drop on a roller coaster to the height of England's tallest sculpture, students get a lively look at a variety of contexts in which trigonometry can be applied to solve real-life problems in The Tangent Ratio. With our two amusing hosts in tow, students will get a feel for ways in which these situations can be properly modeled mathematically. The program details how to perform calculations in the resulting right triangles, developed through a step-by-step approach that allows each stage of the solution to be clearly seen. A Teacher's Guide is included. .