Mathematics 9

Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 10
Solving Problems Involving
Angle of Depression
Mathematics – Grade 9
Quarter 4 – Self-Learning Module 10: Solving Problems Involving Angle of
Depression
First Edition, 2020

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Mathematics 9
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module10
Solving Problems Involving
Angle of Depression
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Mathematics Grade 9 Self-Learning Module on Solving

Problems Involving Angle of Depression!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the self-learning module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this self-
learning module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing
them to manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and
assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the self-learning module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Mathematics Grade 9 Self-Learning Module on Solving

Problems Involving Angle of Depression!

This self-learning module was designed to provide you with fun and
meaningful opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and
time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being
an active learner.

This self-learning module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

1. Solve problems involving angle of depression

2. Solve for the missing sides and angles of right triangles using the angle of
depression.

PRETEST

Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter that corresponds to the
correct answer.

1. Beryl Palma is covering Azkals game at the Rizal Memorial Stadium for the
Asian Football Federation Confederation Challenge Cup finals. She is on-
board a helicopter. She is positioned at a 10o angle of depression. The
helicopter is flying at an altitude of 350 meters. How many kilometres is the
helicopter from the point 350 m above the stadium?
A. 2.01 𝑘𝑚 B. 2.02 𝑘𝑚 C. 2.03 𝑘𝑚 D. 2.04 𝑘𝑚

2. From the top of the control tower 250 m tall, an airplane is sighted on the
ground below. If the airplane is 170 m from the base of the tower, what is the
angle of depression of the airplane from the top of the control tower?
A. 55𝑜 47′ B. 55𝑜 48′ C. 56𝑜 D. 55𝑜 49

3. From the top of a cliff 280 m high, the angle of depression of the boat is 25o.
How far is the boat from the base of the cliff?
a. 600.5 𝑚 B. 600.47 𝑚 C. 600.46 𝑚 D. 600.4 𝑚

4. From an airplane at an altitude of 1,200 m, the angle of depression to a rock

on the ground measures 28o. What is the horizontal distance from the plane
to the rock?
A. 2256.87 𝑚 B. 2256.9 𝑚 C. 2256.8 𝑚 D. 2257 𝑚

5. Suppose an airplane begins its descent to a runway from an altitude of 15,000

feet. If the airplane is 80,000 ft. from the runway, as measured along the
ground, what is the angle of depression?
A. 10𝑜 B. 11𝑜 C. 10𝑜 30′ D. 10𝑜 37′
 RECAP
Direction: Solve the following.
1. A balloon is seen by two observers in the sky. The first observer said that the
balloon is overhead and the second observer said that the angle of elevation
of the balloon from him is 66o22’. How high is the balloon from the first
observer if the observers are 6 meters apart?
2. A kite is seen flying up in the sky. The first observer that the kite is just
overhead and the second observer said that he used 800 meters of string to
fly the kite. What is the angle of elevation of the second observer to the kite if
the observers are 7 meters apart?

LESSON

In the previous self-learning module, you have learned how to solve problems
involving angles of elevation. Now, in this self-learning module, we are going to apply
in real-life situations how to solve problems involving the Angle of Depression.
Examples: Solve the following.

1. An observer lying on the top of a hill in Binangonan, Rizal is overlooking the view
of Laguna Lake. Suppose that the hill is 25 meters high, and the angle of depression
of the observer to the lakeshore is 64o11’, what is the distance of the lakeshore to the
foot of the hill?

Hill x
64𝑜 11′
64𝑜 11′
25 m

25 m
25 m

x
Lakeshore x
Solution:
25
tan 64𝑜 11′ =
𝑥
25
𝑥=
tan 64𝑜 11′
25
𝑥=
2.0671

𝒙 = 𝟏𝟐. 𝟎𝟗 𝒎
2. A cat is seen looking at the window of a building. As the cat looks downward, it
saw a garbage can outside. If the window where the cat is seen is 6 meters above the
ground and the garbage can is 2 meters away from the base of the building, what is
the angle of depression of the cat to the garbage can?

2m
θ
θ

6m
6m 6m

2m
2m

Solution:
6
tan 𝜃 =
2
tan 𝜃 = 3

𝜃 = tan−1 3

𝜽 = 𝟕𝟏𝒐 𝟑𝟒′
 ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1: LET’S PRACTICE!

Direction: Solve for the value of x. Give the lengths of the sides in two decimal places.

1. A C
27𝑜 25′
44 𝑥

2. G 𝑥 H
18𝑜 15′
19

J
For numbers 3, 4, and 5, solve for θ and give the angle measures in degrees and
minutes.
3.
D 19 E
θ

27
F
4. G H
θ
17 28

M
5. Q 19 R
θ
12
S
2: KEEP PRACTICING!
Directions: Solve each right triangle. Given that ∠C = 90o , give the lengths of the sides
to two decimal places and the angles in degrees and minutes.

1. A = 35o 43′ , a = 7.45, find b and c

2. b = 143, c = 352, find A and B

ACTIVITY 3: TEST YOURSELF!

Direction: Solve the following problems.
1. From the top of a tower which is 175 ft. tall, the angle of depression to a house
is 13o. How far is the house from the tower?
2. From the top of a 115 ft. high lighthouse, the angle of depression of a boat on
the sea 10o15’. What is the distance of the boat from the base of the
lighthouse?
3. From the top of the cliff 350 ft. high, the angle of depression of a boat on the
sea is 15o. How far is the boat from the base of the cliff?
4. An observer is standing in an overlooking view of Antipolo City. He saw the
Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall in Cainta, Rizal. Suppose that the height of the
overlooking is 24 km and the horizontal distance of the mall to the observer is
50 km, what is the angle of depression of the observer?
5. A passenger on a plane saw an island below him. If the altitude of the plane
2500 meters above the surface and the horizontal distance of the plane to the
island is 1796 meters away, what is the angle of depression of the passenger
to the island?

WRAP-UP

We use angle of depression in solving real-life problems if the observer is

standing at height and the object is kept below the line of sight of the observer. We
can define it as if the object is kept below the eye level of the observer.

VALUING

REFLECTION: (Journal Writing)

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour.”
― Truman Capote

How do you relate yourself to the given quotation above? Were you able to
experience hardships which made you overcome and become ways to succeed? Share
your thoughts and insights in 3-5 sentences and write these in your notebook.
 POSTTEST

Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter that corresponds to the
correct answer.

1. From the top of a mountain, 135 meters high, a ship is seen below in the sea.
It is observed that the angle of depression of the ship is 21 o. How far is the
ship from the top of the mountain?
A. 376.71 𝑚 B. 376 𝑚 C. 376.72 𝑚 D. 376.73 𝑚

2. On the rooftop of a school building, an observer saw a broken chair on the

school ground 4 meters away from the base of the building. What is the angle
of depression of the observer to the broken chair if the building is 18 meters
high?
A. 77𝑜 38′ B. 77𝑜 18′ C. 77𝑜 28′ D. 77𝑜

3. A pilot on a plane saw a nearby island in front of him. If he is 2975 m above

the ground and the horizontal distance of the island to the pilot 2345 m away.
What is the angle of depression of the pilot to the island?
A. 51𝑜 45′ B. 51𝑜 40′ C. 51𝑜 43′ D. 51𝑜

4. A boy is seen standing on the highest part of a mango tree. On top of the tree,
he saw an observer looking at him 5 meters away. If the angle of depression
of the boy to the observer is 34o26’, what is the height of the tree?
A. 3.44 𝑚 B. 3.4 𝑚 C. 3.42 𝑚 D. 3.43 𝑚

5. A man is seen on top of a coconut tree. 3 meters away from him is another
coconut tree. On the bottom of the other tree, there is a fallen coconut. If the
angle of depression of the man to the fallen coconut is 68o17’, how high is the
coconut tree that he is located?
A. 7.55 𝑚 B. 8 𝑚 C. 7.53 𝑚 D. 7.5 𝑚
 KEY TO CORRECTION
5. C 4. D 3. A 1. A 2. C
POSTTEST

5. 54𝑜 18′
4. 25𝑜 38′
3. 1306.22 𝑓𝑡
2. 635.96 𝑓𝑡
1. 758.01 𝑓𝑡
ACTIVITY 3: TEST YOURSELF!

2. 𝐴 = 66𝑜 2′ , 𝐵 = 23𝑜 58′

1. 𝑏 = 10.36, 𝑐 = 12.76
ACTIVITY 2: KEEP PRACTICING!

5. 𝜃 = 32𝑜 17′
4. 𝜃 = 37𝑜 23′
3. 𝜃 = 45𝑜 17′
2. 𝑥 = 57.62
1. 𝑥 = 20.26
ACTIVITY 1: LET’S PRACTICE!

2. 89𝑜 30′ 1. 13.71 m

RECAP

5. D 4. A 3. C 2. A 1. B
PRETEST

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