Mathematics Grade 9

Fourth Quarter
Week 3-5

I. TOPIC: Trigonometry.
II. MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES.

1. Illustrates angle of elevation and depression.

Solving real-life problems involving right triangles requires knowledge of some significant terms, such as line
of sight, angle of elevation, and angle of depression.

Definition:
 Line of sight is an imaginary line that connects the eye of an observer to the object being observed.
 The angle of elevation is the angle from the horizontal to the line of sight of the observer to the object
above.
 The angle of depression is the angle from the horizontal to the line of sight of the observer to the object
below.

Angle of Elevation and Angle of Elevation

A. Angle of Elevation.

The angle of elevation of an object as seen by an observer is the angle between the horizontal and the line from
the object to the observer's eye (the line of sight).

The angle of elevation of the object from the

observer is the “line of sight”

The angle of elevation may be found by using this

height of the object
form tanθ= the object ¿
distance ¿

Illustrative example: find the value of θ in the figure.

To find , ∠A = θ

height of the object

tanθ= the object ¿
distance ¿
BC
tanθ=
AC
249
tanθ=
335
tanθ=0.74
Therefore θ=tan
−1
( 100
300 )