1. A 15 foot-ladder makes a 52 angle w/ the ground. How far will the tip of the ladder be above the ground?

Given: 15 ft - ladder 52 angle of ladder w/ the ground

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sin = opp/hyp sin 52 =opp/15 ft opp=sin 52 (15ft) opp= 11.82 ft

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2. Estimate the angle of elevation of the sun if a boy 5 feet tall cast a shadow 4 feet long on the level ground.

Given: 5 ft height of the boy 4 ft shadow cast by the boy

tan =opp/hyp tan =5 ft/4 ft tan=1.25 or 51 50

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3. A man wire on a telephone pole makes an angle of 64 with the ground. The end of the wire is 12 meters above the ground. How long is the wire?

Given: 12m end of wire above the ground 64 angle of wire with the ground
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sin =opp/hyp sin 64 =12m/hyp hyp=12m/sin 64 hyp=13.35m

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4. An airplane is flying at an altitude of 10,000ft. The angle of depression from the plane to a tree is 13 40. How far horizontally must the plane fly to be directly over the tree?

Given: 10,000 ft altitude of the plane 13 40 angle of depression from the plane to a tree
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tan =opp/adj tan 13 40=opp/10000 ft opp=tan 13 40 (10000 ft) opp= 2431.57 ft

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5. The angle of depression from the top of the building to a point on the ground is 3450 from the top if the building is 368m high?

Given: 368m height of the building 34 50 angle of depression from the top of the building to a point on the ground
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cos =adj/hyp cos 34 50=368m/hyp hyp=368m/cos 34 50 hyp=448.34m

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6. Suppose the angle of elevation of the sun is 28.4. Find the length of the shadow cast by a man 6 ft. tall.

Given: 6 ft shadow cast by a man 28.4 angle of elevation of the sun

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tan =opp/adj tan 28.4 =6 ft/adj adj=6 ft/tan 28.4 adj=11.10 ft

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7. Find the angle of elevation of the sun if a 53.9 ft flagpole cast a shadow 74.6 ft long.

Given: 53.9 ft height of the flagpole 74.9 ft shadow cast by a flagpole

tan =opp/adj tan =53.9 ft/74.6 ft tan =0.7225 or 35 50

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8. When Francis stands 127ft from the base of a bell tower, the angle of elevation to the top is 21. Find the height of the building.

Given: 127 ft distance from francis to the base of the bell tower 21 angle of elevation
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tan =opp/adj tan 21 =opp/127 ft opp= tan 21 (127 ft) opp=48.75 ft

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9. From the lighthouse 75.3ft above the level of the ocean, the angle of depression of a boat is 2340. How far is the boat from a point at water level directly under the point of observation?

Given: 75.3 ft lighthouse above level of the ocean 23 40 angle of depression of the boat
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cos =adj/hyp cos 23 40=75.3 ft/hyp hyp=75.3 ft/cos 23 40 hyp=82.22 ft

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10. The string on a kite is taut and makes an angle of 5420 w/ the horizontal level ground if 85 meters of strings are out and the end of the string is held 1.5m above the ground.

Given: 85m string of the kite 54 20 angle of string of kite w/ the ground 1.5m boy held above the ground
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sin =opp/adj sin 54 20=(opp/85m) +1.5m opp=(sin 54 20(85m)) +1.5m opp=69.06m + 1.5m opp=70.56m
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11. A ladder 16m long is placed so that foot is 3m from a building. How far must the foot of the ladder be moved from the building to lower the top of the ladder by 2m?

Given: 16m ladder 3m foot of the ladder from the building 2m subtracted from the building to lower the top of the ladder

a +b =c
2 2

a= 13.71m
2

a + 3 = 16 a = 16 3
2 2

a + b =c
2

13.71 + b = 16 b = 16 13.71 b = 256 188 b =68 b= 8.246 3

2 2 2 2 2

= 256 9 a = 247 a= 15.71 a= 15.71 2

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b= 5.246m the foot of ladder be moved from the building.

12. The angle of elevation from the top of an office building in Makati to the top of the RBA appliance center is 68, while the angle of depression from the top of the office building to the bottom of 63. The office building is 29ft from the RBA appliance center. Find the height if the RBA appliance center. Given: 29 ft distance of the office building from the appliance center 68 angle of elevation of the office building to the top of the appliance center 63 angle of depression of the office building to the bottom of appliance center
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Angle of elevation tan = opp/adj tan 68 = opp/29 ft opp=tan 68 (29 ft) opp=71.78 height of the building = x1 + x2 H= 71.78 + 56.92
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Angle of depression tan =opp/adj tan 63 =opp/29 ft opp=tan 63 (29 ft) opp=56.92
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H= 128.7

13. The angle of elevation of the sun is 3510 and the shadow of the flagpole on horizontal ground is 20m. How tall is the flagpole?

Given: 20m shadow cast by a flagpole 35 10 angle of elevation of the sun

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tan =opp/adj tan =opp/adj tan 35 10=opp/20m opp=tan 35 10 (20m) opp=14.09m

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14. An observer on top of a 25.6m building finds that the angle of depression of an open manhole is 42. How far is the manhole from the base of the building?

Given: 25.6m height of the building 42 angle of depression of an open manhole

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tan =opp/adj tan 42 =opp/25.6m opp=tan 42 (25.6m) opp=23.05m

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15. A farmer has a right triangle shaped lot. The longest side is 42.3m and makes an angle of 5220 with the shortest side. What is the perimeter of the lot?

Given: 42.3m longest side of a right triangle lot 52 20 angle made by the longest side and shortest side
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cos =adj/hyp cos 52 20=adj/42.3m adj=cos 52 20 (42.3m) adj=25.85m

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P=A+B+C P=33.48 + 25.85 +42.3 P=101.6m

a +b =c
2

a + 25.85 = 42.3 a = 42.3 25.85

2 2 2

a = 1789.29 688.22 a = 1121.06 a = 33.48

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16. Find the angle of elevation of a 98.6m building at a point 35m from the foot of the building.

Given: 98.6m height of the building 35m distance of the point to the foot of the building

tan =opp/adj tan =98.6m/35m tan =2.8171 or70 30

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17. What is the angle of elevation of the sun when a radio tower 206m high cast a shadow of 85m long?

Given: 206m height of the radio tower 85m shadow cast by the radio tower

tan =opp/adj tan =206m/85m tan =2.4235 or 67 40

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18. The string of a kite is tied on a peg and makes an angle of 6830 w/ the ground. If a point directly below the kite is 216m from the peg, How high is the kite and how long is the string?

Given: 216m distance below the kite from the peg 68 30 angle made of string of kite on a peg
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Height of the kite tan =opp/adj tan 68 30=opp/216m opp=tan 68 30 (216m) opp=548.34m
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Length of the string cos =adj/hyp cos 68 30=216m/hyp hyp=216m/cos 68 30 hyp=589.35m

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19. A man on the light house 75m tall above sea level observed that the angle if depression of a boat is 3820. How far is the boat from the foot to the lighthouse?

Given: 75m height the lighthouse 38 20 angle of depression of the boat

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tan =opp/adj tan 38 20=opp/75m opp=tan 38 20 (75m) opp=59.30m

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20. Two hunters A and B sight the same prey on top of a hill is 300m high and the two hunters are on the same ground level, What is the shortest distance between the two hunters? What is the largest distance between them?

21. The angle of elevation of the top of the flagpole from a point on the same horizontal plane as the base of the flagpole was found to be 47, and the angle of elevation of the flag is 33 from the same point when the flag is 18m up the flagpole. How tall is the flagpole? Given: 18m distance of flag up the flagpole 47 angle of elevation from a point on the horizontal plane to the top of flagpole 33 angle of elevation of the flag
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tan = opp/adj tan 43 =opp/x+18 opp= tan 43 (x +18)

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tan 57 =opp/x opp=tan 57 (x)

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tan 43 (x + 18) = tan 57 (x) x tan 43 + 18 tan 43 = x tan 57

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x tan 43 x tan 57 = - 18 tan 43 x = -18 tan 43 /tan 43 tan 57 x = -16.78/-0.6073 x = 27.63m height of the flagpole= x + 18 H = 27.63m + 18m
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H = 45.63m

22. Each equal sides of an isosceles trapezoid is 48.6m and the parallel sides are 26.5m and 43.8m. What is the measure of each angle of the trapezoid? What is its altitude? Given: 48.6m two equal side of trapezoid 26.5m smaller parallel side of trapezoid 43.8m bigger parallel side of trapezoid

to find the adjacent side: (43.8m 26.5m)/2 = 8.65m

the altitude of trapezoid: a +b =c

2 2 2 2 2

8.65 + b = 48.6 b = 48.6 8.65

2 2

cos =adj/hyp cos =8.65/48.6 cos =0.1779 or 79 50 to find the other angle: x = 180 79.83 x = 100.16
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b = 2361.96 74.82 b = 2287.14 b = 47.82m

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23. If the sun is 25 above the horizon. Find the length of a shadow cast by a building that is 500ft tall.

Given: 500 ft height of the building 25 angle made by the sun

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tan =opp/adj tan 25 =500 ft/adj adj=500 ft/tan 25 adj=1072.25m

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24. a. the bottom B of a 16ft ladder is placed 3ft from a wall as shown at the right. How far is the top of the ladder from the ground C? Given: 16 ft - ladder 3 ft distance of wall to the foot of the ladder

a +b =c
2 2

b = 247
2

3 + b = 16 b = 16 3
2 2 2

b = 15.71ft

b = 256 - 9 b. the bottom of the ladder is more 2 additional ft. away from the wall. How many feet do A slide down.

a +b =c
2

b = 15.19ft b = 16
2 2

(3 + 2) + b = 16 5
2 2 2 2

b = 15.71 15.19 b = 0.52ft A slide down

b = 256 25 b = 231
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25. A foot railroad track expand 6 inch because the day is very hot. This causes end L to break off and more to pollution forming a right triangle RLD. Find DL

26. Find the length of the longest diagonal BG of the next angular solid shown at the right.

27. Two tangent segments to a circle intersect and make an angle of 481512. Find the radius of the circle if one of the tangent segments is 27.2cm

28. The diameter of a circle is 15.04 cm, two tangents to the circle intersect and make an angle of 5014. How long are the tangent segments?

Given: 15.04 cm Diameter of the circle 50 14 angle made by two tangent segment
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To find the opposite side: opp=15.04/2 opp=7.52

sin =opp/hyp sin 25.12 =7.52 cm/hyp hyp=7.52 cm/sin 25.12 hyp=17.71 cm
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to find the angle of reference: =50 14/2 =25.12

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29. An arc of a circle is 8.8cm.Find the central angle of the chord if its radius is 10.5cm.

Given: 8.8cm arc length 10.5cm radius of the circle

=arc length (s)/radius (r) =8.8 cm/10.5 cm =0.8380 0.8380 (180/) central angle = 48.01
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30. A regular pentagon is inscribed in a circle w/ a radius of 15 cm. Find the perimeter of the pentagon.

Given: 15 cm radius of the circle

31. The dimensions of a rectangle are 92cm and 164cm. Find the angle made by the diagonal and the shorter side.

32. When the angle of elevation of the sun is 61 the building cast a shadow of 50 meters. How high is the building?

Given: 61 angle of elevation of the sun 50m shadow cast by the building
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tan =opp/adj tan 61 =opp/50m opp=tan 61 (50m) opp=90.20m

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33. From the top of a tower w/c is 175ft tall, the angle of depression to a house is 13. How far is the house from the tower?

Given: 175 ft height of the tower 13 angle of depression to a house

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tan =opp/adj tan 13 =opp/175 opp=tan 13 (175) opp=40.40 ft

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