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Angle of Elevation and Angle of Depression: Pattern in Solving Problems

The document discusses angles of elevation and depression, which are angles formed between a horizontal line and an imaginary line of sight above or below the horizontal line. It then provides the pattern for solving problems involving right triangles and oblique triangles, including using the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines. Examples are given for using these laws to solve for missing parts of triangles given certain known elements.

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Angle of Elevation and Angle of Depression: Pattern in Solving Problems

The document discusses angles of elevation and depression, which are angles formed between a horizontal line and an imaginary line of sight above or below the horizontal line. It then provides the pattern for solving problems involving right triangles and oblique triangles, including using the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines. Examples are given for using these laws to solve for missing parts of triangles given certain known elements.

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ANGLE OF ELEVATION AND ANGLE OF DEPRESSION

The angle of elevation is the angle formed between the horizontal line in the imaginary line
of site which is above the horizontal line.

The angle of depression is the angle formed between the horizontal line in the imaginary line
of sight which is below the horizontal line.

PATTERN IN SOLVING PROBLEMS:


1. Read the problem carefully and analyze what is to be done.
2. Sketch the triangle that is described in the problem.
3. Assign values for the known and unknown quantities.
4. Express the desired side or angle in terms of unknown trigonometric retios.
5. Solve the Problem.

1. A car is seen from the top of a building 50m from the ground. If the car is 20m from
the building, what is the angle of depression of the car from the building?
SOLUTION:
2. A man who is 2m tall stands on horizontal ground. If he is 50m from the cliff the angle
of elevation of the top of the cliff from his eyes is 20°. Find the height of cliff.
SOLUTION:

(ECE April 1998) Points A and B 1000m apart are plotted on a straight highway
running East and West. From A, the bearing of a tower C is 32 degrees N of W and
from B the bearing C is 26 degrees N of E. Approximate the distance of tower C to the
highway

(CE Nov. 1997) Points A and B are 100m apart and are on the same elevation as the
foot of a building. The angles affiliation of the top of the building from points A and B
are 21° and 32° respectively. How far is A from the building?
(CE Nov. 1997) From the top of the tower A, the angle of elevation of the top of the
tower is 46°. From the foot of tower B the angle of elevation of the top of the tower in
is 28°. Both towers tower on the level ground. If the height of tower B is 120m, how
high is A?
SOLUTIONS OF RIGHT TRIANGLE AND OBLIQUE
TRIANGLE
Solutions to right triangle

A right triangle is a triangle which one angle is 90° (right angle)

To solve the unknown parts of a right triangle with at least two parts of a triangle
except for 90° angle

Find the legs of the right triangle shown.


Solutions to oblique triangle

An oblique triangle is a triangle with No right angle, Either the angles are all acute
or there is an obtuse angle and two acute angles, (See figure below).

Law of Sines

"The sides of an oblique triangle is proportional to the sine of its opposite angle". In
any triangle shown below:

Law of Sines can be used when:

Case 1: There are two angles and one side given (AAS Triangle) and,

Case 2: When there are two sides and one angle opposite one of the given sides are
known (ASS or SSA triangle)

Note: Case 2 is an ambiguous case where there is a possibility of one, two, or no


solution.

Example:
1. Given: Oblique triangle ABC, a=4.56cm, angle A=43°, angle B=57°. Find the
other parts of the triangle.

Solution: Draw a sketch of the triangle, showing the sides and included angles.

2. Given: Oblique triangle ABC, a=15cm, b=10cm, angle a=38°. Find the other parts of the
triangle.
Law of Cosines
In any triangle, the square of any side is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two
sides minus twice the product of the sides multiplied by the cosine of its included angle

1. Oblique triangle ABC where a=24cm, c=32cm angle B=115°. Find the missing parts
Solution: Draw a sketch of the triangle, showing the sides and included angles.
2. Two sides of a parallelogram are 68cm and 83cm respectively the shorter diagonal is
42 cm long. Find the angles of the parallelogram.

Solution: Draw a sketch of the parallelogram, showing the sides and included angles.

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