Trigonometry Continued

Bearing continued

NW North

NE

By

West 454545
1445 East

to
South SE

SW

Example A ship starts from A sails due North East for

Loo km to B then it sails due east for 50km to C

Find is The distance AC

ii The bearingof CfromA

in How far is B Northof A

Answers

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so'm

I 139.897km

goin

is In triangle ABC by cosine rule

AT 1002 502
211003150 Cos1350

AC 1002 502
21100 so Cos1350 139 897 km

140km 3Sf

ieIn triangleABC

by sine rule

SEA 139.897 Angle A Sii 150Sin13s 14.60

Sin 135 139.897

i bearing

of C from A 45 14 6 059.60

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A in the North direction till

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c

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1006545
Y 70.7km

Angle ofelevation and angle of depression

ofdepression
Angle
N fromM

Tof M

Horizontal

Angle ofelevation of
y

Examples

1) The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a

point A on ground level is 15O.Calculate the height of
the tower, given that A is 70m away from the tower.

Am15 1

Y
715

Fom
4 70Am15 18.7564

height ofthe tower is 18.8 meters

i The

2) The angle of elevation of the top of a tower

from a man’s eye is 25, the man is 1.8 m tall

and the height of the tower is 15 m.

Calculate the horizontal distance between the

man and the tower. 15 1.8

13.2m
I

yay

15m

1 8m Xm

am

ton250 132 13.2m

1250

13.2 Xm

X 28.3 m

tango Sf

Horizontal distance betweenthe and the

i man

tower 28.3m

3)The angle of depression of a point A on

ground level from the top of a building 30m
height is 22.0 calculate the distance between
point A and the building.

A
22
30m

X r as
S
A 220
X
Xm
ton220 30
x
x ton220 30 X 30 74.3m
tom220
1351

Distance between point A and the

building 74.3m
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5 (a) Andrei stands on level horizontal ground, 294 m from the foot of a vertical tower which is 55 m high.

(i) Calculate the angle of elevation of the top of the tower.

55m
TO
A 294m
O 10.60
tariff
10.60
Answer(a)(i) ................................................. [2]

(ii) Andrei walks a distance x metres directly towards the tower.

The angle of elevation of the top of the tower is now 24.8°.

Calculate the value of x.

A
Newposition
55m
7
Andries
pug
Is Xm
the
yn
294m

55
7 ton24.80
119 03m
175meters
Answer(a)(ii) x = ................................................. [4]

i 7 294 119.03 175m

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Ex
The diagram shows a G
cuboid with dimensions E
f
20am Xbox 4G H
Calculate
g
i AC A 20am
AD
nil measureofangle DAC
ig
Answer
i In the rectangle ABCA H e

FC ME 20.881 an Gan
20.9cm Be
A 209 B
in In triangleACD D
4am
AT 147
20.8817
21.261 An
A'd 20.881 An c
21.3 An

iii Angle DAC Ai E 10.8

Note In the previous example angle DAC is
called the angle between line AD and the plane
ABCD

Angle between a line and a plane

E

Be

A B
between line AE and plane
steps to getthe angle
ABCD
1 Draw a perpendicular from E to
the plane ABCD EC

2 Join Ac E

3 In tringle Etc
the wanted angle ay
A C
is angle EAC
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Answer

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In the rectangular base

XB 227
1452 50 09cm

In triangle XBy
I
12cm
It 50.09 122 T
X 50.09cm B
51 5 An
3Sf
Example

In the triangle AFG

A
13 a
59 O Ee
T OC
E
G

O Sii
E 22.60

i Angle between Ab and the base EFG H 22.60

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Example 11

21
r P

6 cm NOT TO
SCALE

D C

4 cm
M
4 cm

A B

The diagram shows a pyramid on a square base ABCD with diagonals, AC and BD, of length 8 cm.
AC and BD meet at M and the vertex, P, of the pyramid is vertically above M.
The sloping edges of the pyramid are of length 6 cm.

Calculate

(a) the perpendicular height, PM, of the pyramid, p

In triangle PMC

13Sf
I É
4 47
Answer(a) PM = .......................................... cm [3]

(b) the angle between a sloping edge and the base of the pyramid.

AnglePam is the wonted angle

AnglePam Cos 4
gyp

Answer(b) ................................................ [3]

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Example
a

T
fromtriangle ABT
5 7 55 33.166 oftfrom
From triangle TBC
Angle ofelevation ta
mfg
331 25.4
70m
p

25.40

In triangle ABC cosine rule

by
Ac 502 702 2150 70 Cos1350

Ac 111m Bst
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