CHAPTER 13

SOLUTIONS Of TRIANGLES

How can we measure the distance across a river without crossing

the river? How can we measure the height of a building without actually
measuring it? How can we measure the height of a mountain that we
cannot climb? Trigonometry can supply the answers to these kind of
problems. Such problems can be simplified and solved using
relationships between the sides and angles of triangles.

13.1 Solutions of Right Triangles

Objectives: 1.To solve right triangles given one acute angle and one
side.
2. To solve right triangles given the length of any two
sides.
3. To solve verbal problems involving right triangle.

The simplest application of trigonometry involve the solution of right

triangles. The variations of problems involving right triangles are outlined
into 6 cases.

Consider the triangle ABC on the right with side a opposite  A,

side b opposite  B, and hypotenuse c.
B

c a


A b C

Cases Given Find Use

Adjacent side b, b
1 hypotenuse c  cos  
c

Opposite side a, a
2  sin  
hypotenuse c c

a
3 a,b  tan 
b

4 Any 2 sides Third side Pythagorean

Theorem
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Cases Given Find Use

5  , any side of the 1 side The ratios below

triangle
a
i) opposite side a c sin  
c
b
ii) adjacent side b c cos  
c
a
iii) adjacent side b a tan 
b
a
iv) hypotenuse c a sin  
c
b
v) hypotenuse c b cos  
c
Area of the
6 a, b A= ½ a b
triangle

Problems Involving Right Triangles

Examples:
a. Solve the right triangle PQR with angle P= 30°, q  6 3 m
Q

p r

30°
R q6 3m P

Solution: To solve a right triangle is to find the other sides and angle
based on the given parts. Hence, we have to solve for p, r, m ‹Q.

i) Solving for p. ii) Solving for r iii) m  Q= 90-30°

p 6 3
tan 30° = cos 30°  m  Q = 60°
6 3 r
3 p 3 6 3
 
3 6 3 2 r
 
6 3 3
p r
 
2 6 3
3 3
p=6m r  12m

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b. A ladder 5 meters long leans against the wall of a building. The foot of
the ladder is 2.5 meters away from the wall. a) Find the angle which the
ladder makes with the ground. b) What is the vertical distance from the
top of the ladder to the foot of the wall?

Solution:

Given: c= 5m, b= 2.5m

c= 5m a
Find:  , a


2 .5
i) cos  = b= 2.5 m
5
ii ) c 2  a 2  b 2
1
cos  = 52  a 2  2.5
2

2
a 2  25  6.25
 = 60° a 2  18.75
a  18.75
a  4.33

13.1.1 Angle of Depression and Angle of Elevation

If an observer sights an object below his horizontal line of sight, the

angle formed between his horizontal line of sight and his line of sight
towards the object sighted is called the angle of depression.
If an observer sights an object above his horizontal line of sight, the
angle formed between his horizontal line of sight and his line of sight
towards the object sighted is called the angle of elevation.
Consider 2 observers A and B in the figure below. The lines m and
n are parallel. Therefore, the angle of elevation  , from A to B is equal to
the measure of the angle of depression  , from B to A.

n B

Horizontal line of sight of observer B 

 m
A horizontal line of sight of observer A
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Examples
c. Find the height of the balloon directly above a town A if the angle of
depression from the observation balloon of town B, 16 kilometers from
A, is 15°.

Solution:

Let h= height of the balloon from point A

15° = angle of depression of town B
from the balloon
h
150 16 km = distance from town A to
16 km town B
 
A B
tan 15° = tan (60-45) = 2  3
h
tan 15° = .
16km
h = 16 tan 15° km = 16 2  3 
 
h = 32  16 3 km

d. From the top of a 100 m building, the angles of depression of two

successive cars on horizontal plane and in the same line with the base
of the building are 450 and 300. Find the distance between the two cars.

Solution:
Let x = distance between the two cars
y = distance of the nearest car from the foot of the building
x + y = distance of the farthest car from the foot of the building
30° = angle of depression of the farthest car
45° = angle of depression of the nearest car
100m = height of the building

30°
45°
100m

45°
30°
y A x B
x+y

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Solve for y:
100m
tan 45° = Solve for x + y :
y

y = 100 tan 45°m cot 30°=

x  y 
100m
y = 100 1 m  100 m x  y   100 cot 30° m
x  100 m  100 3 m 

x  100 3  100 m 

x  100 3  1 m 
e. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30°. He
walks 80 m nearer the tower and finds its angle of elevation to be 60°.
What is the height of the tower?

Solution:
Let h= height of the building
80  x  distance of the man from the foot of the
tower from the first point of observation
x = distance of the man from the foot of the
tower from the second point of observation

h
tan 30°=
80  x  h
h  80  x  tan 30° eq.1
h
tan 60°= 30° 60°
x
h = x tan 60° eq.2 80m x

h = 80  x  tan 30°= x tan 60°

80 tan 30° + x tan 30° = x tan 60°
80 tan 30°= x tan 60°- x tan 30°
80 tan 30° = x (tan 60° - tan 30°)

  3 
80  

  3  3
0
x
80 tan 30
  
80 3

80 3

80
 40m
 tan 60  tan 30
0 0
  3  3 3 3  3 3 3  1 2
 3 
 3 
h  x tan 600  40m tan 600  40 3 m
 1  1 3
or h = (80 + x) tan 300 = (80 + 40) m   = 120m  
 3 3 3
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 120 3 m
h   40 3 m
3

f. From a window of a building to a flagpole the horizontal distance is 100

ft. The angle of elevation of the top of the flagpole is 30° and the angle of
depression of the foot of the flagpole is 45°. Find the height of the pole.

Solution:

Let h = height of the flagpole

h=x+y
x x = height of the top of the flagpole from
30  a point directly opposite the window
h y = distance of the foot of the flagpole
45 from a point directly opposite the
y
window
100 ft = horizontal distance of the window
from the flagpole
100ft. 30° = angle of elevation of the top of the
flagpole
45° = angle of depression of the bottom of
the flagpole
x y
tan 30° = tan 45° =
100 ft 100 ft
x  100 tan 30 ft
y  100tan 45 ft
 3
x  100  ft
 y  100 1 ft  100 ft
 3 

Therefore,
 3 
h  x  y  100
3
 100 ft  100  1 ft.
3  3 

13.1.2 Bearing of an Object From a Given Point of Observation

In finding the relative position of an object from a given point of

observation, directions are usually referred to from the North-and–South
lines and are called bearings. The bearing of an object is the acute angle
it makes with the North-and-South line, with vertex at the point of
observation.

In figure 1, consider Point O as the point of observation. The

objects A and B are located north of O. The bearing of A from O is
N 30 E and the bearing of B from O is N 45 W .
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 N
B A

30
45

W E
O

Figure 1

In figure 2, the objects C and D are located south of the point O.

The bearing of C from O is S 60 W . Likewise, the bearing of D from O is
S 15 E .
N

W O E

C 15
60
D
S

Figure 2

Examples:

g. At a certain instant a ship was 15 km south of a lighthouse. The ship

was traveling westward and after 20 minutes its bearing was S 30° W
from the lighthouse. Find the distance traveled by the ship and its speed
per hour.

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Solution:

Let x = speed of the ship per hour

d = distance traveled by the ship for 20 minutes
S 30° W = bearing of the ship from the lighthouse
at the second point of observation
15km = distance of the ship from the lighthouse at the
first point of observation
1 N
t = 20 minutes = hr = time of travel
3
distance = rate x time

1
d = x 
 3
x = 3d W E
d
tan 30° =
15
15km
 3 30
d = 15 tan 30° = 15  km

 3 
 
x  3 5 3 km / hr  15 3
km
hr d
S
h. Two ships left the same port at the same time , one going in the
direction N30°E and the other sailing directly east. The first ship traveled
at the rate of 12 mph. After 30 minutes, the second ship was observed to
be directly south of the first ship . What is the speed per hour of the
second ship?

Solution:
Let x = speed of the second ship
d1 = distance traveled by the first ship after 30 minutes
d 2 = distance traveled by the second ship after 30 minutes N
12 mph= speed of the first ship S1
1 d1
30 minutes = hr  time
2
N 30° E = bearing of the first ship after 30 min. 30°
60°
Distance = rate x time W E
1  d2 S2
d1  12 mph  hr   6miles
2 

S
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 1  x
d 2  x  hr   mi.
2  2
2d
x 2
hr
d
cos 60  2
d1
1
d 2  d1 cos 60  6 mi   3 miles
2
 3 mi  mi
x2 6
 hr  hr

Exercises

1. From an observation tower 300 meters above the level ground, the
angle of depression of an object is 45°. Find the distance of the object
from the base of the tower.

2. The angle of depression of the foot of an artesian well as observed from

the top of a building is 30°. Find the height of the building if its
horizontal distance from the artesian well to the foot of the building is 24
meters.

3. At a certain instant, a ship was 4 miles south of a light house. The ship
was traveling westward and after 15 min., its bearing was S 30°W from
the lighthouse. Find the speed of the ship per hour.

4. The angle of elevation of the top of the lamppost is 60° from a point 7
meters from its base. Find the height of the lamppost.

5. The top of a ladder leans against the top of a vertical wall. The foot of
the ladder is 3 meters away from the wall and makes an angle of 60°
with the horizontal ground. How long is the ladder? How high is the
wall?

6. One of the equal sides of an isosceles triangle is 12 cm, and one of the
base angles is 30°. Find the lengths of the base and the altitude.

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7. One of the equal sides of an isosceles triangle is 20 cm and one of the
base angles is 30°. Find the base and the altitude.

8. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of the tower to be 60°. He
walks 100 meters farther from the tower and finds its angle of elevation
to be 30°. What is the height of the tower?

9. Billy measured a straight line AH along a river bank and found it to be

25m. Directly opposite point H, on the farther side of a river is a house M
and he found HAM to be 60° . How wide is the river?

10. Two ships left the same port at the same time, one going in the
direction N30°W and the other sailing directly west. The first ship
traveled at the rate of 40 miles per hour. After an hour, the second ship
was observed to be directly south of the first ship. What is the distance
between the two ships? What is the rate of the second ship?

11. At 8:00a.m., a ship was 16 miles south of a light house. The ship was
traveling Eastward. At 8:30 a.m., the ship’s bearing from the lighthouse
was S 60°E. Find the a) The distance traveled by the ship in 30
minutes. b) The speed of the ship per hour. c) The distance of the
ship from the lighthouse at 8:30 a.m.

12. From the window of a building to a watch tower, the horizontal

distance is 50 3 meters. The angle of elevation of the top of the watch
tower is 45° and the angle of depression of the foot of the watch tower is
60°. Find the height of the watch tower.

13. From a certain point on a plain, the angle of elevation of a monument

is 30°. One hundred meters nearer to the monument, the angle of
elevation of the monument is 45°. Find the height of the monument.

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14. From GSC airport (C), airplane A flies directly North at 200km/ hr . At
the same time and altitude, another plane B flies N 60° E. After 45
minutes, plane B is directly east of plane A. How far are they from each
other after 45 minutes?

15. A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle whose radius is 6

centimeters. Find the radius of a circle inscribed in the hexagon.

16. From the top of the mountain 500 m high the angle of depression of
two objects on the opposite sides of a river are 30 and 45 . How wide
is the river?

17. Two men, stationed on the same side of a plane, observed the angles
of elevation of the plane to be 60 and 45 . How high is the plane if the
observers are 2,000 m apart?

18. Two men, stationed on the opposite sides of a plane, observed the
angles of elevation of the plane to be 60 and 45 . How high is the
plane if the observers are 2,000 m apart?

19. From a window, 20 feet above the ground, the angle of elevation of the
monument is 30 . From the base of the building the angle of elevation
of the monument is 45 . How high is the monument?

20. A flagstaff 9 meters high stands on the top of a house. From a point
on the plane on which the house stands, the angle of elevation of the
top and bottom of the flagstaff are observed to be 60° and 45°,
respectively. Find the height of the house.

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21. From John’s Tower 80 ft high, a man observes from a position 8 ft
below the top of the tower that the angle of elevation of the top of
Genesis’ Tower is 30 and that the angle of depression of its base is 45 .
If the bases of the two towers are at the same level, how high is the
Genesis’ Tower?

22. At a certain point P on a platform, 2 m above the ground, the angle of

elevation of the top of a lamppost is 60 , and the angle of depression of its
base is 30 . Find the height of the lamppost and the horizontal distance
from P.

23. From the lookout tower 80 feet high, a man observes from a position
10 feet below the top of the tower that the angle of elevation of the top of
a certain tree is 15° and that the angle of depression of its base is 75°. If
the base of the tower and the tree are at the same level, What is the
height of the tree?

24. At a height of 5000 meters, a man on the balloon finds the angle of
depression of the top of a mountain to be 30°. How far is he from the top
of the mountain? The height of the mountain is 3750 m.

25. A wire is connected from a point A on level ground to the top of a

lamp post. The wire makes an angle of 60 degrees with the level ground.
The post is 8 meters high. A) what is the approximate length of the
wire. b) How far is point A from the foot of the lamp post?

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 WORKSHEET 25
Problems Involving Right Triangles

Name ____________________________ Section ______Date _____Score ______

Solve the following problems. Show your solutions and illustrations.

1. The top of a ladder leans against the top of a vertical wall. The foot of
the ladder is 2.5 meters away from the wall and makes an angle of
60° with the horizontal ground. How long is the ladder?

2. One of the equal sides of an isosceles triangle is 25 cm and one of the

base angles is 30°. Find the base and the altitude

3. The angle of depression of the foot of flagpole as observed from the top
of a building is 30°. Find the height of the building if its horizontal
distance from the flagpole to the foot of the building is 30 meters.

4. At 8:00a.m., a ship was 15 miles south of a light house. The ship was
traveling westward. At 8:30 a.m., the ship’s bearing from the
lighthouse was S 60°W. Find the following:

a) The distance traveled by the ship in 30 minutes.

b) The speed of the ship per hour.
c) The distance of the ship from the lighthouse at 8:30 a.m

5. A flagstaff 8 meters high stands on the top of a building. From a point

0 on the plane on which the building stands, the angle of elevation of
the top and bottom of the flagstaff are observed to be 60° and 45°,
respectively. Find the height of the building.

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13.2 Solution of Oblique Triangles

Objective: To solve problems involving oblique triangles by using

Law of Sines or Law of Cosines.

Definition 1. Oblique Triangle : Oblique triangles are triangles that do not

contain a right angle. They are of two types. An acute triangle has
three acute angles. An obtuse triangle has an obtuse angle and this
angle must be opposite the longest side.

A A

c b
c b c

B a C B a C

Acute Obtuse

Figure 1

Derivation of The Law of Sines

b h a

A B
c
Figure 2

The solutions of general triangles may be obtained by using the

Laws of Sines and Cosines. To derive the Law of Sines examine the
triangle ABC above with acute angles A and B.

h h
 sin B ,  sin A
a b

h  a sin B , h  b sin A

a sin B  b sin A

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 a b
Therefore , 
sin A sin B
a c b c
We can also generalize that  and 
sin A sin C sin B sin C

The Law of Sines

For a triangle with angles A, B, and C, and

opposite sides a, b, c, respectively, then

a b c
  .
sin A sin B sin C

The law states that in any triangle ABC, the ratio of any side of the
triangle to the sine of the angle opposite the side is constant. The Law of
Sines is applicable for the following cases.

Case 1. Two angles and any side are known.

Case 2. Two sides and the angle opposite one of them are given.

The information in Case 1 always determines a unique triangle.

Case 2 however presents an ambiguous case. There may be two, one or
no triangles fitting the data. To see why these situations may occur, let us
assume that the given parts are a, b and A. It could be that side a is too
short to meet the lower side of angle A ( Figure 3a) , thus there is no
triangle. C
a

b b a

A A B’ B
Figure 3a Figure 3b

b a

A B
Figure 3c

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 On the other hand, side a may be able to meet the lower side of
angle A in two places ( Fig. 3b). Hence two oblique triangles are formed.
It can be shown that B  B' 180 , that is, B and B’ are supplementary.
Finally A may meet the lower side of a at exactly one point (Fig. 3c).
When we have an ambiguous case, a fairly accurate sketch based on the
data will often make the solution obvious.

The following methods will help us determine the possibilities in an

ambiguous case:

1. If a < b sin A, no triangle is formed.

2. If a = b sin A, a right triangle is formed.
3. If b sin A< a < b, two triangles are formed.
4. If a  b, one triangle is formed.

Examples:

a. Given the triangle

A

c=4 b

45 30
B a C

Find angle A, and the sides a and b.

Solution :

We find A first.
A  180  B  C 
 
A  180  45  30  180  75  105 .

The forms of the Law of Sine that apply are

b c a c
 and 
sin B sin C sin A sin C

b 4 a 4

 and 
sin 45 sin 30 sin 105
sin 30

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 2
 4
4 sin 45 2
b   4 2
sin 30 1
2

And

4
2
 3 1 
a 
4 sin 105
sin 30
 4
1
 2 2  
3 1

sin 105  sin 60  45 


since
 sin 60 cos 45  cos 60 sin 45
3 2 1 2
   
2 2 2 2


4
2
3 1  
b. Solve for angle B in the triangle ABC given that a = 10, b = 6 and
A = 45 .

Solution:
C

6 10

45
A B=?

b a
By sine law  which may be written as
sin B sin A

sin B sin A

b a
2
6
b sin A 6 sin 45 2 3 2
Hence sin B   
a 10 10 10
3 2 
And B  arcsin  .

 10 

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c. From a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower
is 75 . From another point 100ft. farther away from the first point, the
angle of elevation is 30 . Find the height of the building.

Solution :

Let h = height of the building.

 = measure of angle ADC
 = measure of angle CAD

h
h c c

75  30
B D C
100ft

We find  and  first.

  180  75  105 and   180    30   180  135  45.

Solving for c using sine law

c 100


sin 30 sin 45

1
100 
100 sin 30 2  50 2 ft .
c 
sin 45 2
2

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Using triangle ABD, we have
h
sin 75 
c
h  c sin 75
 2
 50 2   
3 1  since sin 75  sin 105
 4 


100
4
3 1   
4
2
 
3 1


 25 3  1 ft . 
d. A boat at point B can be seen from points A and C on the shore. Points
A and C are 1000 ft. apart. Angles BAC and BCA are found to be 60
and 75 respectively. How far is the boat from A?

Solution:
Let c be the distance of the boat at point B from A.
100ft = distance between A and C
60° = measure of angle BAC
75° = measure of angle BCA

c a

60 75

A 1000 ft C

We need to find the measure of angle B first


B  180  60  75  180  135  45. 
Solving for c using the Sine Law, we have

c b
1000 
4
2

3 1 
 c
sin C sin B 2
2
c

1000  
c  25 0 3  1  2
c  500  3  1 ft .
 
sin 75 sin 45
1000 sin 75
c
sin 45
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The Law of Cosines

If two sides and the included angle or if three sides of a triangle are
given, then the Law of Sines cannot be applied directly. We may however,
use the Law of Cosines.

Derivation of the Law of Cosines

Construct triangle ABC with  A at the origin and side c along the
positive x-axis. Then B has coordinates (c, 0) . The altitude of the triangle
is y. The coordinates of C are (x,y) or (b cos A, b sin A) as shown below.

C(xy) or
C (b cos A, b sin A)

b a
y
x
A (0,0) B (c,0)
c

Figure 4

x
cos A = , x  b cos A
b

y
sin A = , y  b sin A
b

The distance BC is equal to a and is derived using the distance

formula:

a 2  b cos A  c   b sin A  0
2 2

 
 b 2 cos 2 A  2bc cos A  c 2  b 2 sin 2 A
 b 2 cos 2 A  b 2 sin 2 A  c 2  2bc cos A
 
 b 2 cos 2 A  sin 2 A  c 2  2bc cos A
a  b  c  2bc cos A
2 2 2

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By interchanging the names of the angles, this formula may be written as

b 2  a 2  c 2  2ac cos B
c 2  a 2  b 2  2ab cos C

Any of these three formulas is called the Law of Cosines.

For a triangle with angles A, B and C, and

opposite sides a, b and c, respectively, then

a 2  b 2  c 2  2bc cos A
b 2  a 2  c 2  2ac cos B
c 2  a 2  b 2  2ab cos C

This law states that the square of the length of any side of a triangle
equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides minus
twice the product of the lengths of the other two sides and the cosine of
the angle between them.

Examples:

a. Solve the triangle ABC given that a = 10, b = 20 and C = 120 .

Solution:
C

b = 20 120 a = 10

A c B

We use the Cosine Law to find side c.

c 2  a 2  b 2  2ab cos C
 102  202  2 10 20 cos 120
 1
 100  400  400   
 2
 500  200
 700
c  700  10 7 .

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Angles A and B can now be found with the Cosine Law. But we can
simplify our work by using the Sine Law.

To find A, To find B,
c a
 B  180   A  C 
sin C sin A
a  21 
sin A  sin C  180   arc sin  120 
c  14 
10
 sin 120 21
10 7  60  arc sin
14

3
 2
7
3 7 21
  
2 7 7 14

21
A  arc sin .
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b. Points A and B are on opposite sides of a lake. To find distance AB,

another point C on the same side of the lake as A is used. It is known
that BC = 200 m and AC = 400m. Angle BCA was found to be 30 .
Find AB, the distance between points A and B.

Solution:
Let c be the distance between A and B
200 m = distance BC
400 m = distance AC
30 = measure of angle BCA
C

200 m
30

400m B

c=?
A
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 4002  2002  c 2  2200 c cos 30
3
0  c 2  400 c   160,000
2
0  c 2  200 3 c  160,000

Applying the quadratic formula with

a 1, b  200 3 , c  160,000

we obtain

c  100 3  100 19

And we get c  100 19  100 3  100  19  3  m.

c. A lighthouse bears N 30 W from a boat 3 miles from it. The boat sails
east 5 miles. What is the distance of the lighthouse from the new
position of the boat?

Solution:
Let x be the distance of the lighthouse from the new position of the
boat.

30
3mi 
5mi B

  90  30  120

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Using Cosine Law

x 2  32  52  2 35 cos 120

 1
 9  25  30   
 2
 34  15
x 2  49
x  7 miles

Exercises

1. Two radar installation A and B are 100 miles apart and B is due east of
A. An aircraft modification center is located at point C which is
N 30 E of A. From B, C bears N 45 W . Find the distance from A to
C.

2. From an observation balloon 500 ft above the level ground the angle of
depression of an object is 15 . Another object due west of the first
object is observed to have an angle of depression of 30 . Find the
distance between the two objects.

3. Two cars start from the same place, one going south and the other
going in the direction of N 30 E . If the first car travels at 25 mph
while the second car travels at 40 mph, what is the distance between
the two cars after 1 hour?

4. The sides of a triangular lot 10 3, 10, 20 meters. Find the angle

between the shortest and longest side.

5. Find the base of an isosceles triangle whose vertex angle is 60 and
whose legs are 20 cm each.

6. One side of a parallelogram is 10 inches long and makes angles 45

and 60 with the short diagonal and the other side respectively. Find
the length of the other side.

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7. From a building’s window 10 meters above the ground, the angle of
elevation of the top of the pole is 30 . And from the base of the
building it is 45 . How tall is the pole?

8. Find the distance between two points A and B, separated by a pond if

an observer from point C measures the distance AC to be 60 m and
the distance BC to be 50 m and found the measure of angle C to be
120

9. From a point A, the angle of elevation of the top of a tree is 15 . From
a point B 30 ft closer to the tree, the angle of elevation of the top is
30 . How tall is the tree?

10. One of the angles of a triangle measures 30 . An adjacent side

measures 20 cm, and the opposite side is twice as long as the given
side. What are the measures of the other angles?

11. Find the base of an isosceles triangle whose vertex is 45 and each of
whose leg is 12 cm.

12.A tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The angles of

depression of the top and bottom of the monument viewed from the
top of a tower are 30 and 45 , respectively. Find the height of the
monument if the distance of the monument from the foot of the tower
is 100 m.

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Problems Involving Oblique Triangles

Name ____________________________ Section ______Date _____Score ______

1. Find the base of an isosceles triangle whose vertex is 45 and each of
whose leg is 40 cm.

2. Find the measure of  ACB and the length of the diagonal b in the
parallelogram on the right.

A 12 cm B

60
b 10 cm

D C

3. A tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The angles of

depression of the top and bottom of the monument viewed from the
top of a tower are 15 and 30 , respectively. Find the height of the
monument if the distance of the monument from the foot of the tower
is 90 meters.

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4. From GSC Airport (C), Plane A files N 60 E at 500 km per hour.
Another Plane B files at the same time and altitude directly South at
the rate of 400 km per hour. How far are they from each other at the
end of 1 hour?
N

W E

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5. To find the distance between two points A and B opposite sides of a
river, the distance AC of 15 6 meters was measured along one side of
the river. Then, angles BAC and BCA were measured and were found
to be 75 and 45 respectively. Find the distance between A and B.

A C

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