Mathematics 9

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

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Mathematics 9
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 9
Solving Problems Involving
Angle of Elevation
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

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

Problems Involving Angle of Elevation!

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 resource 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 Elevation!

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 elevation.

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

PRETEST

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

1. A hiker is 400 meters away from the base of the radio tower. The angle of
elevation to the top of the tower is 46𝑜 . How high is the tower?
A. 414.41 𝑚 B. 414.11 𝑚 C. 414.31 𝑚 D. 414.21 𝑚

2. A 6 ft. man casts a 10.2 ft. shadow. What is the angle of elevation of the sun?
A. 30𝑜 29′ B. 30𝑜 27′ C. 30𝑜 28′ D. 30𝑜 30′

3. Richard, Robert, Roger, Michael, Nicole, Arnold, and Nelsen placed an 18-foot
ladder against a side of a building. The base of the ladder was positioned at
an angle of 68𝑜 with the ground for secure footing. What is the distance of the
base of the ladder to the side of the building?
A. 5.74 𝑓𝑡 B.6.74 𝑓𝑡 C. 7.74 𝑓𝑡 D. 8.74 𝑓𝑡

4. Same problem with no.2, what is the distance far up the side of the building
the ladder would reach?
A. 16.69 𝑓𝑡 B. 16.59 𝑓𝑡 C. 16. 7 𝑓𝑡 D. 16.49 𝑓𝑡

5. David Pascual, Andrew Andino, Benjie Aguilar, and Kiel Resureccion are
joining the Mandurah Action Sports Games with about 12,000 people coming
over to witness the event. The ramp is 64 ft. long and 31 ft. high. What is the
measure of the angle that the ramp makes with the ground?
A. 28𝑜 B. 28𝑜 58′ c. 28𝑜 48′ D. 29𝑜
 RECAP
Direction: Determine whether the following statements represent an Angle of
Elevation or Angle of Depression.
____________ 1. Two points on the same side of a tree are 19.8 m apart. Their angles
to the top of the tree are 21o11’ from one point and 16o17’ from the other point.
____________ 2. The angle of a boy standing from a point on a lighthouse 30.5 m
above from the surface of the water makes an angle of 3 o17’with the sea.
____________ 3. A bird sits on top of a 5-meter lamppost. The angle from the bird to
the feet of an observer standing away from the lamppost is 35 o22’.
_____________ 4. A stargazer saw the planet Jupiter at midnight and assumed that
his angle to the planet in the sky is 43o17’.
_____________ 5. From an airplane at an altitude of 1,200 meters, its angle in
connection with a rock from the ground is 28o18’.

LESSON

In the previous self-learning module, you have learned how to illustrate the
angles of elevation and depression. Now, in this self-learning module, we are going
to solve real-life problems involving the concept of angle of elevation.
Examples:

Solve the following problems.

1. A man standing outside of his house flew kites every afternoon during ECQ.
According to him, he used 1,250 meters of string to fly the kite. If the angle of
elevation of the kite to the ground is 43o15’. What is the distance of the kite to
the ground?

Kite

1,250 m x
1,250 m x

43𝑜 15′
Man Ground 43𝑜 15′
Solution:
𝑥
sin 43𝑜 15′ =
1250

𝑥 = 1250 sin 43𝑜 15′

𝑥 = 1250(0.6852)

𝒙 = 𝟖𝟓𝟔. 𝟒𝟖 𝒎
2. The Philippine Arena, the world’s largest indoor arena has a height of 65 meters.
Suppose an observer is standing 30 meters away from the entrance, what would be
his angle of elevation to the roof of the arena?

Roof of arena

65 m
65 m
θ
30 m observer θ
30 m

Solution:
65
tan 𝜃 =
30

tan 𝜃 = 2.1667

𝜃 = tan−1 2.1667

𝜽 = 𝟔𝟓𝒐 𝟏𝟑′

ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 1: LET’S PRACTICE!
Directions: Solve for the value of x. Give the lengths of the sides in two decimal places.
1.

55𝑜 27′
𝑥

15
 2.

44

36𝑜 25′
𝑥
For numbers 3, 4, and 5, solve for θ and give the values of the angle in degrees and
minutes.
3.

15 28 5.
43
12

𝜃
4.

11

𝜃
18

ACTIVITY 2: KEEP PRACTICING!

Direction: 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 = 55o 43′ , a = 9.43, find b and c

2. b = 100, c = 450, find A and B

ACTIVITY 3: TEST YOURSELF!

Direction: Solve the following problems.
1. The angle of elevation to the top of the flagpole is 34 o from a point 48 meters
from the base of the flagpole. What is the height of the flagpole?
2. When the angle of elevation of the sun is 61o, the building casts a horizontal
shadow of 50 meters. How high is the building?
3. Aries stands 105 feet away from the base of the tree. He measured the angle
of elevation to the top of the tree is 72o. How tall is the tree?
4. A 200-ft building casts a horizontal shadow of 120 ft. long. What is the angle
of elevation of the sun?
5. If a kite is 150 ft. high when 800 ft. of string is out, what is the angle that the
kite makes with the ground?
 WRAP-UP

We use the angle of elevation in solving real-life problems if the angle is formed
above the surface. As the name itself suggests, the angle of elevation is so formed
that it is above the observer’s eye.

VALUING
REFLECTION: (Journal Writing)
“Success is not how high you have climbed,
but how you make a positive difference to the world.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

In your own opinion, what are the positive differences that you have made
within yourself that make you feel that you are successful?

POSTTEST

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

1. A 37-ft pole casts a 21 ft. shadow. What is the angle of elevation of the sun?
A. 60𝑜 11′ B. 60𝑜 25′ C. 60𝑜 35′ D. 60𝑜

2. If a kite makes an angle of 39o30’ with the level ground when a 460 feet of
string is out. How high is the kite?
A. 292.6 𝑓𝑡 B. 292.59 𝑓𝑡 C. 292 𝑓𝑡 D. 292.5 𝑓𝑡

3. The angle of elevation of a building 80 meters high from a man on the

ground is 50o42’. How far is the man from the building?
A. 65.46 𝑚 B. 65.4 𝑚 C. 65.48 𝑚 D. 65.49 𝑚

4. A 5-ft man casts a 10.8 ft. shadow from the sun. What is the angle of
elevation of the sun?
A. 25𝑜 B. 24𝑜 55′ C. 24𝑜 51′ D. 24𝑜 50′

5. A guy wire which is 14 meters long is fastened from the ground to a pole 6.7
meters above the ground. What is the angle of the wire that makes with the
ground?
A. 28𝑜 36′ B. 28𝑜 35 C. 28𝑜 40′ D. 28𝑜
 KEY TO CORRECTION
5. A 4. C 3. C 1. B 2. A
POSTTEST

5. 𝜃 = 10𝑜 48′
4. 𝜃 = 59𝑜 2′
3. 𝑥 = 323.16 𝑓𝑡.
2. 𝑥 = 90.2 𝑚
1. 𝑥 = 32.38 𝑚
ACTIVITY 3: TEST YOURSELF!

2. 𝐴 = 77𝑜 10′ , 𝐵 = 12𝑜 50′

1. 𝑏 = 6.43, 𝑐 = 11.41
ACTIVITY 2: KEEP PRACTICING!

5. 𝜃 = 16𝑜 12′
4. 𝜃 = 31𝑜 26′
3. 𝜃 = 57𝑜 36′
2. 𝑥 = 35.41
1. 𝑥 = 18.21
ACTIVITY 1: LET’S PRACTICE!

3. Angle of depression
5. Angle of depression 2. Angle of depression
4. Angle of elevation 1. Angle of elevation
RECAP

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

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