Fro Date: 20-2-2024 Year: 9

WSS Secondary Home learning Subject: Mathematics

(HL)

Teacher:
WALT/ TOPIC: How do you solve problems involving trigonometry?
Mr.
Muhammad
Nishad SN

1. A math student is standing 25 feet from the base of the Washington Monument. The
angle of elevation from her horizontal line of sight is 87.4∘ If her “eye height” is 5 ft,
how tall is the monument?

2. A 25 foot tall flagpole casts a 42 foot shadow. What is the angle that the sun hits the
flagpole?
3. ABC is a right triangle.

Work out the size of the angle marked x.

4. Below is a right angled triangle.Use trigonometry to work out the length x

5. The diagram shows two right angled triangles.calulate the value of x.

 PTM style problems

6. The diagram represents the cross section of the roof of a house. The cross section is an
isosceles triangle.