MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING, AND

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Prepared by: Engr. David Uriel Jayson B. Bas

 TRIGONOMETRY
Branch of mathematics concerned with the measurement of the parts, sides, and angles
of a triangle.

 Angles and its Applications

 Trigonometry Identities and its Applications
 Elements and Properties of Triangles
 Introduction to Spherical Trigonometry
Problem 1: A nursery plants a new tree and attaches a guy wire to help support the tree
while its roots take hold. An eight foot wire is attached to the tree and to a stake in the
ground. From the stake in the ground, the angle of elevation of the connection with the
tree is 42 degrees. Find the angle of the connection point on the tree.
Problem 2: Find the shadow cast by a 10-foot lamp post when the angle of elevation of
the sun is 58 degrees.
Problem 3: From the top of a mountain, 2800 feet above a hut in the valley, the angle of
depression of the hut is found to be 38 degrees. Find the straight-line distance from the
top of the mountain to the hut and the ground distance between them,
Problem 4: A tree stands upon the same horizontal plane at a house which is 60 feet
high. The angles of elevation and depression of the top and base of the tree from the top
of the house are 40 degrees and 35 degrees, respectively. Find the height of the tree.