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Class X Maths Applicaion of Trigonometry

The document discusses the concepts of angles of elevation and depression in relation to observing objects from different heights. It includes examples and problems involving right triangles, trigonometric ratios, and practical applications such as measuring heights and distances. Additionally, it suggests an activity to create a clinometer for measuring these angles.

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Class X Maths Applicaion of Trigonometry

The document discusses the concepts of angles of elevation and depression in relation to observing objects from different heights. It includes examples and problems involving right triangles, trigonometric ratios, and practical applications such as measuring heights and distances. Additionally, it suggests an activity to create a clinometer for measuring these angles.

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MATHEMATICS

CLASS X
THE LINE DRAWN FROM THE EYE OF THE OBSERVER TO
THE POINT TO BE OBSERVED
THE ANGLE MADE BY THE LINE OF SIGHT
ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL IS KNOWN AS
THE ANGLE OF ELEVATION.
THE ANGLE MADE BY THE LINE OF SIGHT
BELOW THE HORIZONTAL LEVEL IS
KNOWN AS THE ANGLE OF DEPRESSION.
WHEN YOU OBSERVE A PLANE
WHAT ANGLE DO YOU GET?
WHEN YOU OBSERVE A SMALL BUILDING
FROM TOP OF A HILL WHAT DO YOU GET?
The angle of depression of the person at point A becomes the angle of
elevation of the person at point O ,since the horizontal lines are parallel
to each other and the alternate interior angles formed are equal.
LET US CONVERT THE SITUATION TO
A SIMPLE RIGHT TRIANGLE.
THE DISTANCE FROM THE TIP OF THE SHADOW TO THE TOP OF
THE POLE IS 20M AND THE HT OF THE POLE IS ASKED. WHICH
TWO SIDES ARE INVOLVED? THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND THE
HYPOTENUSE. WHICH TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS INVOLVE THE
OPPOSITE AND THE HYPOTENUSE?
Let us solve a few text book sums.

1. A circus artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which is


tightly stretched and tied from the top of a vertical pole
to the ground. Find the height of the pole, if the angle
made by the pole is 30°.

2. A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part


bends so that the top of the tree touches the ground
making an angle of 30 degrees with it. The point where
the top touches the ground is 8m . Find the height of
the tree.
Let the pole be AB and the rope be AC. We have to find AB.
Let the tree be AB. The tree breaks at C and top of the tree reaches D.
A 1.5 m tall boy is standing at some distance from a 30 m tall building.
The angle of elevation from his eyes to the top of the building increases
from 30° to 60° as he walks towards the building. Find the distance he
walked towards the building.
A statue 1.6 m tall, stands on the top of a pedastal. From a point on the
ground, the angle of elevation of the top of the statue is 60° and from the
same point the angle of elevation of the top of the pedestal is 45°. Find
the height of the pedestal.
From the top of a 7 m high building, the angle of elevation of the top of a
cable tower is 60° and the angle of depression of its foot is 45°.
Determine the height of the tower.
Solution: Let us first draw a suitable figure . Let BE be the 7 m tall
building and AD be the cable tower. Mark angle of elevation and the
angle of depression.
You will lift your head more if the building
is taller, right.! Therefore, whichever has a
greater angle of elevation will be taller.
NOW YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO
DO THE SUMS OF EXERCISE 9.1
IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.
ACTIVITY: MAKE A CLINOMETER,
AN APPARATUS USED TO
MEASURE THE ANGLES OF
ELEVATION AND DEPRESSION.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!

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