Trigonometry

Project
Real Life Applications of
Trigonometry
Submitted By: Kiara
Venice M. Delgado
Section: 10 Pascal

1. Melanie is standing beside a tree. The distance between her and the
tree is 20 inches. What is the height of the tree, if the angle between
Melanie and the tree is 15?
Solution:
tan(15) = 20 / height
height = 20 / tan(15)
height = 74.6 inches

20 inches

2. Jeffrey parked his car 60 meters beside his apartment. His

wife, Anna, looked outside the window and called him for
her from the window, he needs to look up 30
What is the height of the building?
Solution:
tan(30) = height / 60
height = 60 x tan(30)
height = 34.6 meters
3. Roland was late for worked. As he hurries to his car, he
clock one last time and saw that it was 11:20. Express
by the hour and minute hands in radian measure to the
a radian.

dinner. To see
degrees.

60 meters
looked at the
the angle formed
nearest tenth of

Solution:
The angle between each hour is marking in the clock =

2
=
12 6
Because of the 12 values on a clock.

Angle between 12 and 4 : 4 x

2
3

or 120

degrees
So

2 2
x =
3 6 18

Total measure =

2 2 2 12 2 12
+
= +
=
+
18 3
18 18
18 18
=

14
18

or 2.4436

4. Haven was watching his schools basketball practice. He noticed that the free throw line on
his schools court was 14 feet wide. He remembered that when it was the final game, the
court over at Sand Beda High School was just 10.67 feet. How much longer is the half
circle above the free throw line on Havens school?
Solution:
Arc length computations:
School A:
s1 = r

School B:
s2 = r

s1 = 7( )

s2 =

5.335( )

s2 =

ANSWER IS APPROX. =

7 5.335 1.665

s1 =

5.335

14 ft

=1.665
=

333

200

10.67
meters

OR 5.230751768

This is approximately 5.23 ft. longer.

5. Jessie needed to make 2 different gears in order for her machine to
work. She
bought a big gear with a radius of 10 inches and a smaller gear with a radius of 4 inches.
What is the angle which the larger gear has rotated when the smaller gear has made one
complete rotation?
Solution:
Because the small gear performs one complete rotation,

the length of an arc travelled is:

s = r
s=4x2
So an 8

arc of length on the larger circle would

form an
angle as follows:

8
=

8
10

4
5

10

=2.5
The angle is approximately 2.5 radians
2.5 x

180

143

6. Salak and his friends ordered a pizza. After he cut 2 pieces of

pizza, he realizes there isnt a 360 degrees of pizza anymore.
There is only 270 degrees of pizza left. Calculate the sine and
cosine of the pizza left.
Solution:
sin

= sin(270)

= -1

cos

= cos(270)

=0
7. Mr. Leo wants to build a cogwheel. But he doesnt know how
many more teeth he will need for to work. If there is a 10
degree interval on each teeth, how many more teeth will he
need if he already built 13 teeth?
Solution:
Cogwheel = 360 degrees
360 degrees / 10 degrees = 36 teeth
36 teeth 13 teeth = 23 teeth
He will need 23 teeth more to build his cogwheel.

270

8. Barrack Obama is assigned to sing the national anthem. His distance from
the U.S flag is 18 meters and his height is 45 meters. What is the height of
the flag pole if at 1.7 meters from the ground is on
the
headlevel of Obama?
Solution:
tan(45) =

y
18

45
meters

18tan(45) = y
= 18 meters
Flagpole = 18 meters + 1.7 meters
= 19.7 meters

9. Rui woke up too early for school. The

distance of her normal route is 30 yards.
She
wants to take the scenic route to her school but she thinks it
will be too risky and she might be late to arrive her school. The
distance of the scenic route is 60 yards. Is the scenic route
worth the chance?

18
meters

1.7
meters

Solution:

x
30

tan(60) =

30tan(60) = x
x = about 51.96 yards
51.96 + 30 = 81.96 yards
81.96 60 = 21. 96 yards
21.96 < 30 yards
She

can

take

the

SCENIC

ROUTE!!
10.Dean placed a ladder leaning on a wall. The ladder has a length of 10m and the wall is 5
meters tall from the floor. How far is the foot of the ladder away from the wall?
Solution:
Pythagorean Theorem: a^2 + b^2
Let a = 5 meters
Let c = 10 meters
Let b = x

52 +
25 +

x2 =
x

= 100

= 100 25

x 2 = 75

x2

1 02

75

= c^2
10
m

5
m

x=5

11. If the ladder is 30 degrees with respect to the ground and it has a length of 8 meters. How
far is the top of the ladder away from the ground?
Solution:
Tan(30) =

x
8

8 tan(30) = x
X=

8 3
3

12.Mayor Hebert Bautista has installed a wheelchair ramp at a

local town hall near Brgy. Unang Sigaw. By law, the ramp must
make a 45 degree angle or less with the ground. Does the new
ramp (depicted below) comply with the recquirement?

120

Solution: 180-120 = 60 degrees

RAMP IS ILLEGAL

13.LeBron James is the best player in his basketball team. In order to win the basketball
game, he must successfully shoot a free throw. From his hands to the basket, a 180 degree
arc is formed. As he shoots the ball, LeBron knows
that the ball makes a 3

/ 4 arc with the

basket. Lets assume that the ball will make it to

the basket, what angle does his hands make with
the basketball? (in degree and radians)
Solution:
Formula:

: =

=4 /4

= /4

180
=
4

/4
3

(radians)

: =45 degrees

/4

14.Zanela bought two doughnuts at Dunkin Donuts. Each

one forms a 360 degrees circle, but she has taken a
bite out of one of them. Find the measure of the rest
of the doughnut eaten in degrees and radians.
Solution:
: 360 degrees 32 degrees = 328
degrees
:

32

328

328

=
1
180 180

82
45

(in radians)

15.Jimmy Neutron is halfway between 2 alien towers that are 12 meters apart. The angles of
elevation to the top of the towers are 30 degrees and 60 dergees. How much teller is one
tower over the other?
Solution:

Answer = 4

meters

16.Mr. Mango tree, with a height of 12 feet, is casting a shadow with a length of 24 feet. What
is the angle of elevation from the end of the shadow to the top of a tree with respect to
the ground?
Solution:
tan() =

12
24

tan()

=
3

8.726867791 10

tan-1() = 26.57 degrees

17.Anna wants to measure Elsas castle. She
walks exactly 200 feet from the base of the castle and looks up. The
angle to the top of the castle is 45 degrees. How tall is Elsas ice
castle?
Solution:
tan(45) =

x
200

200 tan(45) = x
200 = x
200 ft

Answer: Elsas castle is 200 feet in height

18.The Lorax planted a new tree and with the help of Ted,
attaches a wire to help support the tree. A 10 foot wire is
attached to the tree and to a wooden rod in the ground.
From the rod in the ground the angle of elevation is 45
degrees. Find the height of the tree to the nearest tent foot.
Solution:
sin(45) =

x
10

10 sin(45) = x
5

=x
Answer: The height of the tree is 7.1 feet in high

19.From the top of a Rapunzels tower, she sees Flynn Rider on the ground
at an angle of depression of 60. If the tower is 30 feet in height, how
far is he from the base of the tower, to the nearest tenth of a foot?
Solution:

30
x

= tan(60) =
=
=

tan(60)
30

3
30

=x

30 feet

=x

Answer: Flynn Riders distance from the base of the tower is

0.10 foot.

20.Find the shadow cast by a 65 foot lamp post when

the angle of elevation of the sun is 30. Find the
length to the nearest tenth of a foot.
Solution:
: tan(30) =
:

tan(30)
65

65
x
65 foot

=x

: 8.882311834 x

10

tan (30)
65

: 1.4 = x

=x