Part A - Conversion of units

Convert the following:

1. 800 ft------------- 243.84 m 24,384 cm 9,600 in

2. 1500 m2 ------------- 16,145.87 2,325,004.65 in2
ft2
3. 5.5 L---------------5,500 mL 0.0055 m3 0.194 ft3

4. 65 kg--------------65,000 g 65,000,000 mg 4.454

slug
5. 4500 dynes--------0.00065 N

Part B - Problem solving

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3. Two men on the same side of a tall building notice the angle of elevation
to the top of the building to be 300 and 600 respectively. If the height of
the building is known to be h = 125 m, find the distance between the two
men.
A

B D C

in △ABD
in △ABC CD = BC - BD
tan60˚=AB/BD
tan30˚=AB/BC CD = 124.71 - 41.57
72
BD= 72 CD = 83.14
tan 60° BC=
tan 30°
=41.56
=124.70

4. A flag pole of height h = 65 ft has a shadow of length l = 60 ft at a

particular instant of time. Find the angle of elevation (in degrees) of the
sun at this point of time.

65

C 60 B
 tan = 𝑂𝑝 𝐵 60
𝑝 tan A = 𝐶 tan A = = 0.92
65
𝐴𝑑𝑗 𝐴
𝐵

A˚ = tan⁻¹ (0.92)
A˚ = 42.61

5. You are stationed at a radar base and you observe an unidentified plane
at an altitude h = 6.5 x103 m flying towards your radar base at an angle
of elevation = 250. After exactly a minute, your radar sweep reveals that
the plane is now at angle of elevation = 600 maintaining the same
altitude. What is the speed of the plane?
6500 6500
tan(30) = tan(60)
𝑑1 𝑑2
=
6500 6500
d1 = d2 =
tan(25) tan(60)

d1 = 13,939.3 meters d2 = 3,752.78 meters

d1 - d2 = distance traveled by aircraft in 1 min

= 13,939.3 – 3,752.78

= 10,186.52 m/min

= 169.78 m/sec