Ma. Jaiza Alondra L.

Keeler

APPLICATION OF RIGHT TRIANGLE

Problem Number 1
A 16 foot ladder is leaning against a house. It touches the bottom of a
window that is 12 feet and 6 inches above the ground. What is the measure
of the angle that the ladder forms with the ground?
Problem Number 2
Kim is flying a kite whose string is making a 70 degrees angle with the
ground. The kite string is 65 meters long. How long is the kite above the
ground?
Problem Number 3
The Brook's are installing a wide-screen television with a 60-inch
diagonal. Their entertainment center is 48 inches wide by 36 inches high, will
the television fit in their current entertainment center?
Problem Number 4
The Smith's bought a 6-ft-square sheet of plywood as a base for their
electric train. Will the plywood fit in the back of their van? The opening of the
van is 44 inches high and 60 inches wide.
Problem Number 5
A surveyor is 100 meters from the base of a dam. The angle of
elevation to the top of the dam measures
. The surveyor's eye-level is
1.73 meters above the ground. Find the height of the dam to the nearest
hundredth of a meter.

INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

In mathematics, the inverse trigonometric functions (occasionally
called cyclometric functions) are the inverse functions of the trigonometric
functions (with suitably restricted domains). Specifically, they are the inverses of
the sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant functions. They are used to
obtain an angle from any of the angle's trigonometric ratios. Inverse trigonometric
functions are widely used in engineering, navigation, physics, and geometry.

Range of
Name

Usual
notation

Definition

Domain

Range of usual

usual

of x for

principal value

principal

real result

(radians)

value
(degrees)

arcsine

arccosine

arctangent

arccotangent

arcsecant

arccosecant

y = arcsin(

x)

x = sin(y)

1 x 1

/2 y /2

90 y 90

1 x 1

0y

0 y 180

/2 < y < /2

90 < y < 90

0<y<

0 < y < 180

y = arccos

x = cos(y

(x)

y = arctan(

x = tan(y

all real

x)

numbers

y = arccot(

x = cot(y

all real

x)

numbers

y = arcsec

x = sec(y

x 1 or 1

(x)

y = arccsc(

x = csc(y

x 1 or 1

/2 y < 0 or 0

-90 y < 0

x)

< y /2

or 0 < y 90

0
y < /2 or /2 < y

0 y < 90 or
90 < y 180

SINE LAW
In trigonometry, the law of sines, sine law, sine formula, or sine rule is
an equation relating the lengths of the sides of any shaped triangle to the sines of its angles.
According to the law,

where a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of a triangle, and A, B, and C are the opposite
angles (see the figure to the right), while D is the diameter of the triangle's circumcircle. When
the last of these equations is not used, the law is sometimes stated using the reciprocals;

COSINE LAW

In trigonometry, the law of cosines (also known as the cosine formula or cosine rule)
relates the lengths of the sides of a triangle to the cosine of one of its angles. The law of cosines
states

where denotes the angle contained between sides of lengths a and b and opposite the side of
length c.

Sources:
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt668/emat6680.folders/brooks/6690stuff/righttri
angle/Applicationps.html
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt668/emat6680.folders/brooks/6690stuff/righttri
angle/Applications.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_trigonometric_functions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_cosines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_sine

SOLUTIONS
1. A 16 foot ladder is leaning against a house. It touches the bottom of a
window that is 12 feet 6 inches above the ground. What is the measure of
the angle that the ladder forms with
the ground?
Let x equal the measure of the
angle the ladder forms with the
ground. A picture of the problem is
drawn to the right.
We have the side opposite to the
angle in question as well as the hypotenuse. I can write the unknown in
terms of the known using the definition of sine:

. First I need to get every thing in terms of inches: 12 ft = 144 in.

,so 12 ft 6 in = 150 in. and

= 192 in so

Notice the units cancel out. You should always get a unitless number when
you have a trigonometric ratio. Using the inverse sin on a calculator I get the
measure of the angle is equal to
.
2. Kaila is flying a kite whose string is making a
angle with the ground.
The kite string is 65 meters long. How far is the kite above the ground?
After reading the problem I would draw the following picture:
where h is the height, what I want to find. I know an angle, so I
know I need to use a trigonometric ratio to solve this problem. I
am looking for the side opposite the given angle and I know the
hypotenuse. Looking at my definitions I see I should use the sine
ratio to write the unknown in terms of knowns.

So I have

or

So using my calculator to compute sin

meters above the ground.

I find the kite is approximately 61

3. The Brook's are installing a wide-screen television with a 60-inch diagonal.

Their entertainment center is 48 inches wide by 36 inches high, will the
television fit in their current entertainment center?
After reading the problem I draw the
following:
I want to find d to see if the television with
a 60- inch diagonal will fit into a rectangle
that is 48-inches by 36 inches. I can use the
Pythagorean Theorem to put my knowns in terms of my unknown:
or

so the television will fit exactly.

4. The Pythagorean Theorem states that the sum of the squres of the legs of
a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. We would have:

5. A surveyor is 100 meters from the base of a dam. The angle of elevation
to the top of the dam measures
. The surveyor's eye-level is 1.73 meters
above the ground. Find the height of the dam to the nearest hundredth of a
meter.
After reading the problem I
draw:
So the top of the dam will be
distance d + 1.73 m. I have
and angle, and the side
adjacent to the angle and I
am looking for the side
opposite the angle.
Since

I will use this trigonometric ratio to solve for d.

I get:
I am not quite done, I must add the distance the triangle is above the ground
to get the height I am looking for. The height of the dam is 48.77 m + 1.73 m
= 50.50 m.
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