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PRE-CALCULUS – CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS WORKSHEET

A. Solve the following word problems below. Show your solution on a clean sheet long bond paper.

1. A ladder leans against a wall. If the ladder is 10 meters long and forms an angle of 60 degrees with
the ground, find the height the ladder reaches on the wall.

2. A Ferris wheel has a radius of 15 meters if a person located 12 meters above the ground, find the
angle formed by the person, the center of the Ferris wheel, and the ground.

3. An airplane is flying at an attitude of 5000 meters. If the angle of depression to a city on the ground
is 30 degrees, find the horizontal distance from the airplane to the city.

4. A wheel with a radius of 20 centimeters is rotating at 120 revolutions per minute. Find the linear
velocity of a point on the edge of the wheel.

5. A triangle has sides of length 5 cm, 12 cm, and 13 cm. Determine the measure of the largest angle
in the triangle.

6. A clock’s minute hand is 8 cm long. Find the linear velocity of the tip of the minute hand.

7. A ship is 15 km east and 20 km north of a port. Find the bearing of the ship from the port.

8. A tree casts a shadow that is 25 meters long. If the angle of elevation to the top of the tree is 40
degrees, find the height of the tree.

9. The angle of depression from the top of a building to a car parked 30 meters away is 15 degrees.
Find the height of the building.

10. A light is suspended 15 meters above a pool. If the angle of elevation to the top of the light from
the bottom of the pool is 25 degrees, find the depth of the pool.