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The document contains solutions to two trigonometry problems involving angles of elevation/depression and calculating heights. The first problem involves finding the height of a tower using trigonometric ratios in two triangles. The second finds the height of a cliff using trigonometric ratios and the angles of depression of two boats from the top of the cliff.

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Answer 44256

The document contains solutions to two trigonometry problems involving angles of elevation/depression and calculating heights. The first problem involves finding the height of a tower using trigonometric ratios in two triangles. The second finds the height of a cliff using trigonometric ratios and the angles of depression of two boats from the top of the cliff.

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Answer on Question #44256, Math, Trigonometry

The angle of elevation of a tower from a point L is 62°. From a point K, 50 m further from the
tower, the angle of elevation is 47°. (Let the height of the tower be h.)

a Use the sine rule in ΔKTL to show that: TL =


b Use trigonometry in ΔLMT to show that: TL =
c Hence, show that h =
d Calculate the height, h, of the tower, correct to one decimal place.

15 From the top of a cliff, the angles of depression of two boats at sea 0.5 km apart are 55° and
33°. (Let the height of the cliff be h.)
a Show that the height of the cliff is: h =
b Hence, calculate the height, correct to the nearest metre.

Solution:

Angles of elevation and depression ( ) are formed by the horizontal lines that a viewer’s lines of
sight form to an object.

For the first problem we have drawing:

TM=h (height of the tower), MK=50 m (distance from a point K to tower)

a) In trigonometry, sine rule is an equation relating the lengths of the sides to the sines of its
angles. According to the law
where a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of a triangle, and A, B, and C are the opposite angles.

sin ∠𝐾𝑇𝐿 sin ∠𝑇𝐾𝐿


Hence in ΔKTL from sine rule: =
𝐿𝐾 𝑇𝐿

∠𝐾𝑇𝐿=180°-∠𝑇𝐾𝐿-(180°-∠𝑇𝐿𝑀) =180°-47°-(180°-62°)=15°. From here we obtain


sin 47°
TL=LK*
sin 15°

𝑇𝑀 𝑇𝑀 ℎ
b) in ΔLMT ∠𝑇𝑀𝐿=90°, hence TL = = =
sin ∠𝑇𝐿𝑀 sin 62° sin 62°

𝑇𝑀
c) from b) we obtain h=TL*sin 62° , also from ΔKMT =tan47°,
𝑀𝐾

hence h=MK* tan47°.

d) h=MK* tan47°=50*1.072=53.6 (m)

Second problem:

A-first boat, B-second boat, AB=0.5 km distance between boats

∠𝑂𝐶𝐵=33°, ∠𝑂𝐶𝐴=55° the angles of depression of two boats.

Lines CO and DA are parallel, hence ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶=180°-∠𝑂𝐶𝐴=180°-55°=125°.


sin ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 sin ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 sin ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶
In ΔABC from sine rule: = , and BC= *AB.
𝐵𝐶 𝐴𝐵 sin ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵

∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 = ∠𝑂𝐶𝐴 − ∠𝑂𝐶𝐵 =22°. In ΔCDB ∠𝐶𝐷𝐵 =90°, ∠𝐷𝐵𝐶 =90°-33°=57°.

Hence
sin ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶
a)h=CD=BC* cos∠𝐷𝐵𝐶= *AB* cos∠𝐷𝐵𝐶
sin ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵

sin 125°
b) from a) obtain h=0.5* * cos57°=0.595(km)
sin 22°

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