REVISION

UNIT 7: TRIGONOMETRY
Remember:
Trigonometric ratios:
- Tangent of an Angle (tan a): is the ratio of the opposite side and adjacent side.

- Sine of an Angle (sin a): is the ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse side.

- Cosine of an Angle (cos a ): is the ratio of the adjacent side and hypotenuse side.

Exercise 1:
You are building a ramp so that people in wheelchairs can access a building. If the ramp must be 90 feet long
and it must have a height of 8 feet, Find the angle the ramp makes with the ground.
90 ft
8 ft

Exercise 2:
A 50 foot high tree casts a shadow of length 60 feet. What is the angle of elevation from the end of the shadow
to the top of the tree with respect to the ground?
50 ft

60 ft

Exercise 3:
The tallest free-standing structure in the world is the 553 metre high CN Tower in Toronto. What will be the
length of the shadow of the tower on a day that the angle of elevation of the sun is 50?

Exercise 5:
A kite is 33 m above the ground. The kite string makes an angle of 38 with the ground. Assuming that the string
is taut, how much string is out (to the nearest tenth)?

Exercise 6:
A 5.2 m ladder leans against a wall. The bottom of the ladder is 1.9 m from the wall. What angle does the ladder
make with the ground (to the nearest degree)?