Some

Applications
on
Trignometry

TO : Mr. Anand

BY
: Rishav
Mankotia
ROLL NO. : 24
CLASS
: 10th

What is
Trignometry?

Trigonometryis a branch
ofmathematicsthat
studiestrianglesand the
relationships between their sides
and the angles between these
sides.

In this topic we shall make

use of Trignometric Ratios
to find the height of a tree,a
tower,a water tank,width of
a river,distance of ship from
lighthouse etc.

Line of Sight
We observe generally that
children usually look up to see an
aeroplane when it passes
overhead.This line joining their
eye to the plane,while looking up
is called Line of sight

Line of
Sight
f
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n
t
i
h
L ig
S
Horizontal

Angle of
Elevation
The angle which the line
of sight makes with a
horizontal line drawn away
from their eyes is called
the angle of Elevation of
aeroplane from them.

Angel of
Elevation
f
o

e
n
t
Angel of
i
h
L ig
Elevation
S
Horizontal

Angel of
Depression

If the pilot of the aeroplane

looks downwards at any
object on the ground then
the Angle between his line of
sight and horizontal line
drawn away from his eyes is
called Angel of Depression

Angle of
Depression
Horizontal

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n
Li

of

t
h
g
i
S

Angel of
Depression

Trignometric
Ratios

Now let us Solve

some problem
related to
Height and
Distance

The angle of elevation of the top of a tower

from a point on the ground, which is 30 m
away from the foot of the tower is 30. Find
the height of the tower.
.

Let AB be the tower and the angle of

elevation from point C (on ground) is
30.
In ABC,

Therefore, the height of the

tower is

A circus artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which

is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a
vertical pole to the ground. Find the height of the
pole, if the angle made by the rope with the
ground level is 30 .
:- It can be observed from the figure that AB is the p
In ABC,

Therefore, the height of the pole is

10 m.

A kite is flying at a height of 60 m above the

ground. The string attached to the kite is
temporarily tied to a point on the ground. The
inclination of the string with the ground is 60.
Find the length of the string,
assuming that there
.
is no slack in the string.

Let K be the kite and the string is tied

to point P on the ground.
In KLP,

Hence, the length of

the string is

A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part

bends so that the top of
the tree touches the
,
ground making an angle 30 with it. The distance
between the foot of the tree to the point where
the top touches the ground is 8 m. Find the height
of the tree.
Let AC was the original tree. Due to storm, it was
broken into two parts. The broken part
is making 30 with the
ground.
In

Height of tree =

+ BC

Hence, the height of the

The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of 4 m and
9 m. from the base of the tower and in the same straight line with it are
complementary. Prove that the height of the tower is 6 m.

Let AQ be the tower and R, S are the points 4m, 9m away

from the base of the tower respectively.
The angles are complementary. Therefore, if one angle is
, the other will be 90 .
In AQR,

In AQS,

On multiplying equations (i) and (ii), we obtain

However, height cannot be negative.

Therefore, the height of the tower is 6 m.

THE END!!