C HAPTER 9.10 TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS By: Arielle Green Mod 9.
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Transcript of C HAPTER 9.10 TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS By: Arielle Green Mod 9.
CHAPTER 9.10
TRIGONOMETRIC TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOSRATIOS
By: Arielle GreenMod 9
Sin =
Cos =
Tan =
hypotenuse
opposite
hypotenuse
adjacent
adjacent
opposite
VOCABULARY Angle of Elevation – the angle between an
upward line of sight and the horizontal
is the angle of elevation.
Horizontal line
Line of sight
C
A
ABC
B
angle of elevation
SAMPLE PROBLEM 1 A girl was walking in the woods when she
stopped 10 ft away from a tree. She spotted a birds nest at an angle of elevation of 37˚. How far up from the ground was the birds nest rounded to the nearest tenth?
10
37˚
X
First choose the formula needed for this problem. We are working with the two legs of the right triangle, so we will use tan. Set up the formula and solve for x.
5.7
37tan1010
37tan
x
x
x
R S
ft
Q
VOCABULARY
X
YZ
line of sight
horizontal line
W
WXY
Angle of depression
An airplane pilot is flying over a forest at an altitude of 1600 ft. Suddenly, he spots a fire. He measures the angle of depression and finds it to be 46˚. How far is the fire, rounded to the nearest tenth, from a point on land directly below the plane?
There are two ways to solve this problem. We’ll look at both ways.
1600
X
A
B C
46˚
46˚
Using parallel lines alt. int. , <ACB is also 46˚. Since only the two legs of the right triangle are being used, the formula must be Tan= .
s
x
1600
adjacent
opposite
Set up the equation and solve for x. Tan 46 =
x =
x 1545.1 ft
D
46tan
1600
A
B C
1600
46˚44˚
X
D
Since <BAC and <CAD are complementary <s, <BAC is 44˚. Only the two legs of the right triangle are being used, so the formula must be Tan = .
adjacent
opposite
Set up the equation and solve for x. Tan 44 =
X = 1600 ∙ tan 44
x 1545.1 ft
1600
x
PRACTICE PROBLEMS ROUND ALL ANSWERS TO THE NEAREST TENTH. ROUND ALL ANGLES TO THE NEAREST DEGREE.
1.) A lighthouse casts a shadow of 55 ft when the sun is at an angle of elevation of 67˚. How tall is the lighthouse?
2.) A cat was on a cliff when it saw a mouse down below at an angle of depression of 25˚. The cliff is 43 ft tall. How far away is the mouse from the bottom of the cliff?
3.)A 25-foot ladder just reaches a point on a wall 24 ft above the ground. What is the angle of elevation of the ladder?
PRACTICE PROBLEMS
Two men are on the opposite sides of a tall building with the angle of elevation being 30 and 60 respectively. If the one man is 40 feet away from the base of the building, how far away is the other man?
A pole 40 ft high has a shadow the length of 23 ft at this point in time. Find the angle of elevation of the sun.
Harry was walking along a pier. He stopped when he saw a boat on the lake at an angle of depression of 22˚. If the boat is 65 ft away, how high, rounded to the nearest tenth, is the pier from the water ?
4.) 5.)
6.)
x30˚ 60˚
40
ANSWERS TO THE PRACTICE PROBLEMS
1.)
2.)
3.)
x
5567˚
ftx
x
x
6.129
67tan5555
67tan
43
65˚
x ftx
x
x
2.92
65tan4343
65tan
X˚
2425
7.73
25
24sin
25
24sin
x
x
x
¯¹
ANSWERS TO PRACTICE PROBLEMS (CONT’D)
4.) 5.)
8
60˚30˚
x40
094.23
30tan4040
30tan
y
y
y
3.1360tan
094.23
094.2360tan
x
x
x
23
.09
4
ft
40
23
x˚¯¹
1.60
23
40tan
23
40tan
x
x
x
˚
6.)
68˚
65
x
3.2668tan
65
6568tan
x
x
x
ft22˚
22˚
WORKS CITED
Rhoad,Richard, George Milauskas, and Robert Whipple. Geometry for Enjoyment and
Challenge. Boston: McDougal Little, 2004. 423-427.
“Math:Trigonometry.”Syvum. 2008. Syvum technologies. 29 May 2008. <
http://www.syvum.com/cgi/online/serve.cgi/mat h/trigo/trig3.sal >.