DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN MATHEMATICS 9

CONTENT STANDARD – The learner demonstrates understanding of the basic concepts of trigonometry.

PERFORMANCE STANDARD – The learner is able to apply the concepts of trigonometric ratios to
formulate and solve real-life problems with precision and accuracy.

LEARNING COMPETENCY – The learner illustrates angles of elevation and angles of depression.

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students must be able to:
a. Identify the angle of elevation and depression in the given problem.
b. Apply the sine, cosine, and tangent ratios to solve problems involving angle
of elevation and depression.
c. Appreciate the significance of angle of elevation and angle of depression in
real-life situation.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic: Angle of Elevation and Angle of Depression
B. Reference: Mathematics Learner’s Material 9
https:/math.tutorvista.com/trigonometry/angle-of-elevation/angle-of-
depression.html
C. Instructional Materials: Visual Aids, Calculator, T.V

III. METHODOLOGY
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. DAILY ROUTINE
a. Opening Prayer
b. Greetings
c. Classroom Management
d. Checking of Attendance

B. ACTIVITY
Let’s review first. What are the six
trigonometric ratios, will you name it?
Sine, Cosine, Tangent, Secant, Cosecant
and Cotangent

Very good!

And what are the formulas for each

trigonometric ratios?

Thank you!

Before we start our discussion, I will

show you some pictures that related to
our topic for today.

What comes to your mind when you see

this pictures?
Those are infrastructures that can be
found in town proper of Mauban.
Can you name it?
 Quezon Power Plant,
Rizal Hill Park, and Gat-uban Park
What information would you like to know
about it, assume that you are standing in
front of it?

So, how can we measure the height of We want to know the height of it.
those infrastructure?

Sir in our previous topic, we need to find

the distance from the observer to the
Yes, Exactly! So what do you think our given object.
topic for today?

Sir, angle of elevation and angle of

depression.

C. ANALYSIS
Let’s determine first what is line of sight?
Object
Line of sight

Horizontal Line
of Sight

Line of sight

Object

What is angle of elevation? Line of sight is an imaginary line that

connects the eye of an observer to the
Line of sight Object object being observe.

Angle of elevation

Horizontal Line
of Sight

The angle of elevation is the angle

What is angle of depression?
Horizontal Line of Sight
Angle of depression
between the horizontal line and the
observer’s line of sight, where the object
above the observer.

Line of sight

Object
Now let’s try to solve some example.

Sunshine whose eyes are 5 feet off the

ground, is standing 12 feet away from the The angle of depression is the angle
base of Rizal Park statue, and he looks up between the horizontal line and the
at a 30° angle of elevation. How tall is observers line of sight, where the object
Rizal Park statue? is below the observer.

The angle of elevation is?

Yes, Thank You! And the distance of

Sunshine from the statue is?

Where looking for the height of the

statue?

What did you observe?

Yes, Very Good! What trigonometric ratio

should we use? 30° Sir

And what is the formula of tangent?

12 feet Sir

Very Good! Now let’s substitute the given

value and solve it. Yes, Sir!

Sir, they formed a right triangle.

That’s correct! For further understanding tangent Sir!

let’s have another example.
opposite
tan Θ ¿
adjacent
Ervin is standing in the top of the
chimney of the Power Plant and spots his
friend Reymart on the bridge at an angle x
of depression of 23°. The chimney and tan 30° ¿
12
Shemarc’s height is equal to 180 x = 12tan30°
meters. How far is the Iron from the x = 6.93 feet +5
base of the chimney? x = 11.93 feet
The chimney and Ervin’s height is equal
to?

The angle of depression is?

Thank You! And what we are looking for

is the distance of Reymart from the base
of the chimney?

Again, what did you observe?

The chimney is perpendicular to ground

so it has a right angle. So what kind of 180 meters Sir
triangle is this?
23° Sir
Now, what can you say about the 23°?

Yes, Exactly! Now what can you say about Yes, Sir!
the line of sight of Shemarc and the line
of the distance of his friend from the Sir it formed a triangle.
base of the chimney?

And the line between them is a

transversal line or cut so what do call to Sir it is a right triangle.
this angle?
Sir, it is not inside the right triangle.
Very Good! So what trigonometric
ratio should we use?

Let’s substitute and solve the given. They are parallel Sir.

An alternate interior angle and they are

congruent Sir.

tangent Sir

opposite
tan Θ =
adjacent
Now class, is there any other way or
solution we can use to solve this 180
tan 23° =
problem? x

Yes, there is another way. Now we can

see that the 23° angle is outside the tan 23 ° 180
x =
triangle right? tan 23 ° tan 23 °
So what is the relationship of the 23° 180
x=
angle and the angle inside of the tan 23 °
triangle?
x = 424.05 meters
So what do you think are we going to
do to know the angle inside of the
triangle?
Yes, Sir!
So the answer will be?

So now let’s try to solve if they have

the same answer.

So what trigonometric ratio should we Yes, Sir

use?

Yes, Very Good! Let’s solve.

Sir they are complementary angles.

We can subtract 23° from 90° Sir.

67° Sir
So we have the same answer right?

Yes, Sir

D. ABSTRACTION tangent Sir

opposite
tan Θ =
adjacent

o
tan 67° =
180

o = 180tan67°
o = 424.05 meters Sir

Yes, Sir

What did you call the angle above the

horizontal line?

How about if it is below the horizontal

line?

Very Good! Now class what do you think

is the importance of our topic for today
in real life situation?
Did you understand class?
Angle of elevation Sir!

Angle of depression Sir!

E. APPLICATION AND EVALUATION

Groupings (same group). What you are
going to do is we’re going to play
KAHOOT and answer the problems
carefully. The group who has the highest
score is the winner.
Solve for each problem.
Sir, one of the most important
applications of trigonometry is the
application of measurement of heights
and distance which cannot be measured
directly.

1.A flagpole of Dr. Maria D. Pastrana Yes, Sir!

National High School cast a 15meters
shadow where the angle of elevation on
the ground from the sun is 25°. How tall
is the flagpole?

2. A 10meters ladder leaning against

the guard house of the school. The
angle between the ladder and the
ground is 73°. Find the distance from
the foot of the ladders to the wall?

3. The angle of depression of Gat-

uban from the ball on the ground 46°.
If the ball is 18 meters away from the
top of Gat-uban, Find the height of
Gat-uban.

1.
 x
tan25° =
15

x = 15tan25°
x = 6.99 meters

2.
 x
cos73° =
10

x = 10cos73°
x = 2.92 meters

3.

x
sin46° =
10

x = 10 sin46°
x = 7.19 meters

Identify the examples whether it is angle of elevation and angle of depression.

4.

5.

6.
 1. Angle of Elevation
2. Angle of Depression
3. Angle of Depression

7. The angle of depression of a car on the ground from the top of the building is 50˚. If
the car is at a distance of 110 m away from the building, find the height of the
building.

x
50˚ Solution : tan50˚ =
110
x= 110 tan50˚
x = 131.09 meters

50˚
110 meters

8. It is an imaginary line that connects the eye of the observer to the object being
observed.

Line of Sight

9. It is the angle between the horizontal line and the observers line of sight, where
the object is below the observer.

Angle of Depression

10. It is the angle between the horizontal line and the observer’s line of sight, where
the object above the observer.

Angle of Elevation

V. ASSIGNMENT

(Groupings)
Using an improvised clinometer measure the height of the tallest building in LNHS.
Investigate what happens when we use different distance from the base of the tower
to the observer.