LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN MATHEMATICS 9

Worksheet No. 4, Quarter 4

Learner’s Name:___________________________________________________________
Grade Level/Section: _______________________Date: ________________________

L I. LEARNING SKILL

At the end of this activity, you are expected to use trigonometric ratios
to solve real-life problems involving right triangles.

II. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT

Solve this problem:

A student 1.2 meters tall is looking up to a flagpole making an angle of

elevation of 43° and a line of sight of 7 meters. Find the height of the flagpole.

• Does the problem involve right triangle? (as shown in the figure
below, yes.)

line of sight of the student

flagpole (7m)
(x) 43o
student(1.2m)
ground

• What is the length of the hypotenuse? (7m)

• What is measure of the angle of elevation? (43o)
• Which part of the triangle is to be solved? (Opposite side-x)
Solution:
𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝜃
𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝜃 = ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒

𝑥
𝑆𝑖𝑛 43° = 7𝑚
x = 7m(sin 43°) 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒 43° = 0.68199836
x = 4.77398852m
x = 4.8m

Add the height of the students to the answer to find the total height of
the flagpole. 1.2 𝑚 + 4.8𝑚 = 6 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠
Therefore, the height of the flagpole is 6 meters

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 To solve real-life problems involving right triangles, follow the following
steps:
1. Draw a figure that illustrates the situation.
2. Identify the measure of the given parts of the right triangle and
plot them to the figure drawn.
3. Identify the unknown part to be solved.
4. Use the needed trigonometric ratio to solve the problem.

III. ACTIVITIES

A. PRACTICE TASK

Apply the trigonometric ratios to solve for x.

Use trigonometric ratios to solve real-life problems involving right

triangles.
a. Draw a figure that illustrates the situation.
Identify the measure of the given parts of the right triangle and
plot them to the figure drawn.
b. Identify the unknown part to be solved.
c. Use the needed trigonometric ratio to solve the problem.

1. A teacher who is standing cast a shadow on the ground. If the

distance from the tip of the shadow to the head of the teacher is 2
meters and forms an angle of elevation of 49°, find the length of her
shadow.

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 2. A four-meter ladder leans against a wall. If the foot of the ladder
makes an angle of 80° with the ground, how far is the foot of the
ladder from the wall.
3. An airplane took off from an airport and travelled at a constant rate
and angle of elevation. When the airplane reached an altitude of
500 meters its horizontal distance was found to be 235 meters. What
was the angle when the airplane rose from the ground?

B. ASSESSMENT

Use trigonometric ratios to solve real-life problems involving right

triangles.
a. Draw a figure that illustrates the situation.
b. Identify the measure of the given parts of the right triangle and
plot them to the figure drawn.
c. Identify the unknown part to be solved.
d. Use the needed trigonometric ratio to solve the problem.

1. A ladder leans against a 4 meters tall wall. If the foot of the

ladder makes an angle of 50° with the ground, how far is the foot
of the ladder from the wall?

2. A student looks up to a flagpole and makes a 60° angle of

elevation. If the student is 4 meters away from the flagpole, what
is the distance from the tip of the flagpole to the student?

V. REFERENCES

DepEd Mathematics Learner’s Material for Grade 9

Detailed Lesson Plan in Mathematics 9
Advanced Algebra, Trigonometry and Statistics, Textbook for Fourth Year,

VI. SUGGESTED SUPPLEMENTAL

LEARNING RESOURCE MATERIALS

DepEd Mathematics Learner’s Material for Grade 9

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