Math Gr9 Qtr4-Module-3
Math Gr9 Qtr4-Module-3
MATHEMATICS
Quarter 4: Module 3
ANGLE OF ELEVATION AND ANGLE OF DEPRESSION
Allen O. Aquino
Writers:
Gemma Y. Bandoquillo
Cover Illustrator: Joel J. Estudillo
What I Know
Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.
1. Which angle is between a horizontal line from the observer and the line
of sight to an object that is above the horizontal line?
A. Angle of Depression C. Angle of Reference
B. Angle of Elevation D. Angle of Sight
2. What do you call an angle between a horizontal line from the observer
and the line of sight to an object that is below the horizontal line?
A. Angle of Depression C. Angle of Reference
B. Angle of Elevation D. Angle of Sight
A. Angle of Elevation
B. Angle of Depression
C. Angle of Reference
D. Right angle
What’s In
Complete the table below that summarizes the values of the six trigonometric
ratios of the angle 30º, 45º and 60º.
Rapunzel’s prince charming wanted to save her as she was trapped in the
tower all her life. He is 23 ft away from the base of the tower.
Guide Questions:
1. When the prince looks at Rapunzel on top
of the tower is there an angle formed?
2. Since he already knew his distance to the
base of the tower could it help in finding
how high he will climb to save Rapunzel?
Line of Sight is an imaginary line that connects the eye of an observer to the
object being observed.
The Angle of Elevation is the angle from the horizontal to the line of sight of the
observer to the object above.
REMEMBER:
𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆
SOH Sine =
𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒔𝒆
𝒂𝒅𝒋𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕
CAH Cosine = 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒔𝒆
𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆
Example 1: Tangent =
TOA
𝒂𝒅𝒋𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕
A. Solving the angle of elevation:
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Example 2:
B. Solving the height:
Solution:
1. Draw and label the illustration.
Example 3:
C. Solving the distance
Rubrics:
Accuracy 4 points
Resourcefulness 3 points
Mathematical 3 points
Justification
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Assessment
Encircle the letter that corresponds to the best answer.
1. A 20-foot ladder leans against a wall so that the base of the ladder is 14
meters from the base of the building. What is the ladder’s angle of elevation?
A. 45° B. 55° C. 60° D. 65°
2. At a point on the ground 30 feet from the fruit of the tree, the angle of
elevation to the top of the tree is 65º. What is the height of the tree?
A. 64.3 ft. B. 44.4 ft. C. 34.62 ft. D. 24.6 ft.
Additional Activities
Decode the riddle below.
Riddle: Where are the popular shoes of former First Lady Imelda Marcos
preserved?
1 2 3 4 5 4 6 2 7 4 8 9
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What’s In
Draw me!
Draw the pictures presented by the information in the given problem (written
answer is not required)
1. Aldrin James kite is flying above a field at the end of 75 m of string. If the
angle of elevation to the kite measures 80º.
2. Jennilyn wants to measure the height of a tree. She walks exactly 120 feet
from the base of the tree and looks up. The angle from the ground to the top
of the tree is 43º.
3. The top of the building makes an angle of elevation 600 from a car parked on
the ground. If the building is 45 m tall and the distance is 50 m far from the
car.
Rubrics:
Accuracy 4 points
Resourcefulness 3 points
Mathematical Justification 3 points
A sky diver jumped out from the soaring plane 20,000 ft high above, wanted to
land closely to a pre-determined target.
Guide Questions:
1. Is there an angle formed
when the sky diver looked
down to his landed target?
2. Since he knows how high is
the plane from the land,
could it help him finding how
far is he from his target?
Analysis: Do you think the
skydiver can determine how far
he is from his target if he knows
the angle formed and the height
of the plane from the land?
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Example 1:
80m
Since the horizontal line of sight
WX of the observer above the cliff
and the horizontal distance ZY
W ϴ X
are parallel and the line of sight of
the observer to the ship XZ is the
transversal, so thus the angle of
depression ϴ and < Z (in the fig)
80 m
100m are alternate interior angles and
2.therefore they
Since theare congruent.
given are horizontal
and vertical sides and the missing is the angle of depression, so we will
the tangent function, TOA.
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Example 2:
1. Draw and label the illustration. Since the horizontal line of sight
BD of the observer above the
lighthouse and the horizontal
distance AB are parallel and the
line of sight of the observer to the
ship AC is the transversal, so thus
the angle of depression 310 and
∠ A (in the fig) are alternate interior
angles and therefore they are
congruent.
2. Since the given are height (opposite) and the angle and the missing part is
the distance (adjacent) so we are going to use the tangent function, the TOA.
opposite
TOA tan 𝜃 =
adjacent
360
tan 31° = 𝑥
𝑥 tan 31° = 360
360
𝑥 = tan 31⁰
360
𝑥 = 0.6008
𝑥 = 599.20 𝑓𝑡
Therefore, the distance of the boat to foot of the lighthouse is 599.20 ft.
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2. Since the given are the angle, and the hypotenuse and the missing is the
height of the house (opposite), so we will use sine function SOH.
𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒
sin 𝜃 =
ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒
𝑥
sin 67° = 10
𝑥 sin 67° = 10
10
𝑥 = sin 67°
10
𝑥 = 0.9205
𝑥 = 10.86 𝑚
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What I Can Do
Answer the given riddle by decoding each letter below. Write your answer on
the space provided.
E. 83.9 ft.
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1. The angle of depression of a boat from the top of a cliff which is 47 m high is
36°. Find the distance of the boat from the cliff?
A. 64.69 m B. 63.48 m C. 56.4 m D. 48.7 m
2. Rodelia is standing 150 cm from a mirror. She notices that the angle of
depression from her eyes to the bottom of the mirror is 120. What is the
vertical distance of the mirror?
A. 15.16 cm B. 21.32 m C. 31.9 m D. 41.13 m
3. The angle of depression formed by the rays of the sun is 380. What is the
length of the shadow casts by the building that is 495 feet tall?
A. 633.57 ft. B. 453.21 ft. C. 347.23 ft. D. 274.32 ft.
4. The angle of depression of one side of a lake measured from a balloon 3,200
feet above the lake is 520. What is the width of the lake?
A. 1, 200 feet B. 2,500 feet C. 3,000 feet D. 3,200 feet
5. An Eagle flying at a height of 3 km above the ground. The distance along the
ground is 5 km. What is the angle of depression from Eagle to the ground?
A. 200 B. 300 C. 400 D. 500
SUMMATIVE TEST
Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. What is the angle of elevation measured from a point on the ground to a 50
ft. tree that is 20 ft. away from the tree?
A. 68.20 ft. B. 21.80ft C. 198.78 ft. D. 109.87 ft.
2. The angle of elevation from a car to a tower is 42º.If the tower is 120 ft. tall,
how far is the car from the tower?
A. 113.3 ft. B. 123.3 ft. C. 133.3 ft. D. 143.3 ft.
3. From the top of the wall, a point located on level ground is 62 feet from its
base, and the angle of depression is 42º. How high is the wall?
A. 55.8 ft. B. 68.9 ft. C. 78.9 ft. D. 88.9 ft.
4. Aldrin James flies a kite and lets out 150 feet of string. The angle of elevation
of the string is 72º. How high off the ground is the kite?
A. 122.65 ft. B. 142.7 ft. C. 147.4 ft. D. 152.13 ft.
5. From the top of a vertical cliff 30 m high, the angle of depression of an object
that is level with the base of the cliff is 44º, how far is the object from the base
of the cliff?
A. 31.07 m B. 34.78 m C. 41.87m D. 44.78 m
6. A building that is 40 m tall casts a shadow that is 52 m long. What is the angle
of elevation formed by the rays of the sun?
A. 270 6’ B. 37º 34’ C. 390 11’ D. 400 37’
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References
Answer Key
LESSON 1:
What I Know
1.B 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.B
6.B 7.A 8.D 9.C 10.A
What’s New: 1. Yes
2. Yes, by using the SOH-CAH-TOA
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5. ✓ ZH
What’s More:
1. Solution 2. Solution: What I Have Learned
11.5 6.11 1.Line of Sight
tan 𝛳 = tan 38° =
125 𝑥 2.Angle of depression
tan 𝛳 = 0.084 𝑥𝑡𝑎𝑛 38° = 6.11
𝛳 = 40 48′ 𝑥 = 7.82
Additional Activity:
1. Find the nearest degree, the angle the ladder makes with the wall.
𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒
2. TOA = Tanϴ = 𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡
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3. Tan ϴ = 6 ~ 2.5
4. ϴ = 68.20 or 680
5. Therefore the angle of ladder to the nearest degree is 680.
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Elisa O. Cerveza
Chief, CID
OIC, Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
Dominador J. Villafria
Education Program Supervisor-Mathematics