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9. A vertical pole is 10 m from a building. When the angle of elevation of the sun is
450, the pole cast a shadow on the building 1 m high. Find the height of the pole.

H-1 H−1
450 tan 45 =
H 10
1m
H = 11 m
10m

10. Points A and B 1000 m apart are plotted on a straight highway running East and
West. From A, tower C is 32o N of W and from B, tower C is 26o N of E. Compute the
shortest distance of tower C to the highway.
𝑑
𝐶 𝑡𝑎𝑛26 =
𝑥
𝑑
𝑡𝑎𝑛32 =
𝑑 1000 − 𝑥
26 32
𝐵 𝑥 1000 − 𝑥 𝐴 𝑑 𝑑
= 1000 −
𝑡𝑎𝑛26 𝑡𝑎𝑛32
1000 𝑚
𝑑 = 273.92 𝑚

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11. The side of a mountain slopes

upward at an angle of 210 14’. At a
point on the mountain side, a mine
tunnel is constructed at an angle of
150 27’ downward from the
horizontal. Find the vertical
distance to the surface of the
15027’
mountain from a point 250 meters
down the tunnel.
21014’

𝑦 ℎ
𝑠𝑖𝑛15 27′ = 𝑡𝑎𝑛21 14′ =
h 250 240.97
21014’x 𝑦 = 66.60 ℎ = 93.63 𝑚
15027’ 𝑥
y 𝑐𝑜𝑠15 27′ =
250 ℎ + 𝑦 = 160.23 𝑚
𝑥 = 240.97𝑚

13. The obelisk of a certain Rizal monument rises to some height above its
dais; the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the obelisk from two AOB
stations A and B on the same horizontal plane as the base of the dais are 45
and 30 respectively. The corresponding horizontal angles to the common Angle O = 1800 – 750 - 600
center of both dais and obelisk from the ends of the base line AB 25 meters
long are 75 and 60 respectively. Find the height of the obelisk. Angle O = 450
C
𝐴𝑂 𝑂𝐵 25 AO = 30.62 m
= =
sin 60 sin 75 sin 45 OB = 34.15 m
h
Right Triangle AOC Right Triangle BOD
D
𝐶𝑂 𝐷𝑂
tan 45 = tan 30 =
30.62 34.15
O 300
450
600
750 ℎ = 30.62 tan 45 − 34.15 tan 30
25m B
A
ℎ = 10.90 𝑚

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14. Towers A and B stand on a level ground. From the top of tower A
which is 30m high, the angle of elevation of the top of tower B is 480.
From the same point, the angle of depression to the foot of tower B is
260. What is the height of tower B?
E

C 480 D
260
30m
30m

A B

4. The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle is 42.23cm2. One side of the triangle is
18cm. Find the length of one side of the triangle if the radius of circumscribing
circle is 9cm. 𝑎𝑏𝑐
𝑅=
4𝐴
A
(18)𝑏ℎ 84.46
9= 𝑏=
9 4(42.23) ℎ
h
9
𝑏 + ℎ = 18 84.46
b B
𝑏=
C 17.327
84.46
( ) +ℎ = 18
ℎ 𝑏 = 4.874 𝑐𝑚
ℎ = 17.327 𝑐𝑚

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6. The radius of a circle circumscribing an isosceles triangle

is 25 cm. If one of the equal interior angles of this isosceles 400
triangle measures 700, what is the area of the triangle? x x
𝑎𝑏𝑐
𝑅= 700 700
4𝐴
y
𝑥(𝑥)(𝑦) 𝑥(𝑥)(𝑦)
25 = 25 =
1 1
4 • 𝑥 𝑥 sin 40 4 • 𝑥 𝑦 sin 70
2 2
𝑦 = 32.14 𝑐𝑚 𝑜𝑟
𝑥 = 46.98 𝑐𝑚
32.14 sin 70 sin 70 1
𝐴= 𝐴= 46.98 46.98 sin 40
2 sin 40 2

𝐴 = 709.49 𝑐𝑚 𝐴 = 709.49 𝑐𝑚

Y 400 sin 52 sin 60 𝐴 200

𝐴 = =( )
2 sin 68 𝐴 400
680
𝐴 = 58,882.59 𝑚 𝐴 200
=( )
C D 58,882.59 400

𝐴 = 14,720.65 𝑚
200
A B
𝐴 = 58,882.59 − 14,720.65
𝐴 = 44,161.94 𝑚
520 600
X Z
400 𝐴
=(
𝐶𝐷
)
𝐴 200
1 𝐶𝐷 = 141.42 𝑚
𝐴 𝐶𝐷
2 =( )
𝐴 200
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6. The sum of two angles is 1600 mils and their difference is 40 grads.
Find the value of the bigger angle in degrees.
360
Let: x = first angle x + y = 1600 mils 𝑥
6400 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑠
y = second angle
360
x - y = 40 grads 𝑥
400 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑠
x + y = 900
x - y = 360
2x = 1260 Bigger Angle = 630

x = 630
y = 270

7. An airplane starts to take off when it is 240 m away from a wall at the end of the
runway which is 12 m high. If the plane takes off at an angle of 8o, by what vertical
distance will it clear the wall?

12 𝑚 y + 12
tan 8 =
240
80
𝑦 = 21.73 𝑚
240 𝑚

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8. The angle of elevation of a point C from a point B is 290 42’. The angle of elevation
of C from another point A 31.2 m below B is 590 23’. How high is C from the
horizontal line through A?
C
Right Triangle ADC

𝑦
tan 59 23′ =
y – 31.2 𝑥
29042’ E y Right Triangle BEC
B
x
31.2 m 31.2 m
59023’ 𝑦 − 31.2
A tan 29 42′ =
x D 𝑥

𝑦 𝑦 − 31.2
=
tan 59 23′ tan 29 42′

𝑦 = 47.10 𝑚

12. From a point A at the foot of the

B mountain, the angle of elevation of the top B
is 600. After ascending the mountain one mile
at an inclination of 300 to the horizon and
reaching a point C, observer finds that the
angle ACB is 1350. Compute the height of the
h mountain.
1350
600 C
300 D
A
Right Triangle ADB
150
B ℎ
sin 60 =
2.732

1 𝑚𝑖 𝐴𝐵 ℎ = 2.366 𝑚𝑖
1350 =
sin 15 sin 135
300
C 5280 𝑓𝑡
ℎ = 2.366 𝑚𝑖 𝑥
A 𝐴𝐵 = 2.732 𝑚𝑖 1 𝑚𝑖
ℎ = 12,492.48 𝑓𝑡
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1. A triangle ABC has sides AB=90 cm and AC=120 cm. A line segment DE is
formed such that D lies on side AB while E lies on side AC. If the ratio of the
areas of two triangles is 3:5, how far is E from C if AD measures 60 cm?

AADE = 3 AABC
5
1 3 1
(AE)(AD)sin θ = ( ) (AC)(AB) sin θ
2 5 2 120
E
3
AE (60) = (120)(90)
5
AE = 108 cm
θ D
CE = 120 – 108 = 12 cm A 60 B
90

5. A point outside an equilateral triangle is at distances of 20 cm, 20 cm, and

36 cm from the vertices. Determine the perimeter of the triangle.

600
x 300 300 x 202 = x2 + 362 - 2x(36) cos 300

36 x2 –(72cos300)x + 896 = 0

600 600 x1 = 39.89 x2 = 22.46

20 P1 = 3(39.89) P2 = 3(22.46)
20
P1 = 119.67 P2 = 67.38
B