NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – LIPA
SM City Lipa, Ayala Highway, 4217, Lipa City, Philippines
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, COMPUTING, AND ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
CEITG11D
MODULE 1
TRIGONOMETRY
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Engr. ARNOLFO G. ARCIBAL
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Solving Problems:
Instructions: Solve each of the following problems. Show complete and clear solutions, including all
necessary formulas and steps. Final answers must be expressed using 4 significant figures only, unless
otherwise specified. Box or underline the final answer in each solution
Angle Relationships
1. Find the supplement of an angle whose compliment is 62 degrees. (152 degrees)
2. A certain angle has a supplement five times its compliment. Find the angle. (67.5 degrees)
3. If the complement of an angle A is 2/5 of its supplement, then A is: (30 degrees)
Trigonometric Identities
1. What are the exact values of the cosine and tangent trigonometric functions of acute angle A, given
3 2√10 3√10
that sin 𝐴 = 7. (cos 𝐴 = ) , (tan 𝐴 = )
7 20
2. Given three angles A, B, and C whose sum is 180°. If the tan 𝐴 + tan 𝐵 + tan 𝐶 = 𝑥, find the
value of tan 𝐴 𝑥 tan 𝐵 𝑥 tan 𝐶. (answer: x)
3. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝐴 = 5/2, what is the value of 1 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐴. (0.4)
4. If sin A = 4/5, sin B = 7/25, what is sin (A+B) if A is in the 3rd quadrant and B is the 2nd quadrant
(3/5)
5. Angles are measured from the positive horizontal axis, and the positive direction is
counterclockwise. What are the values of sin B and cos B in the 4th quadrant? (sin B > 0 and cos B
<0
6. Of what quadrant is A, if sec A is positive and csc A is negative? (IV)
7. If sec A is negative and csc A is positive, what quadrant is A? (II)
Trigonometric Equations
1. Solve for x from the given trigonometric equation: (4)
arctan(1 − 𝑥) + arctan(1 + 𝑥) = arctan 1/8
1−𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝑎
2. Solve for x: 𝑥 = 1+𝑡𝑎𝑛2𝑎 (cos 2a)
3. Simplify the equation: 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 𝜃 (1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃) (1)
4. Evaluate the following: (1)
sin 0° + sin 1° + sin 2° … + sin 89° + sin 90°
cos 0° + cos 1° + cos 2° … + cos 89° + cos 90°
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
𝜋
1. Evaluate: tan−1 (−sin 2 )
√3
2. Evaluate: sin−1 [cos (sin−1 2
)]
1 −1 3
3. Evaluate: cos [sin−1 4 + sec ]
4
Right Triangles
1. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34 cm. Find the length of the shortest leg if it is 14 cm shorter
than the other leg. (16 cm)
2. One side of a right triangle is 15 cm long and the hypotenuse is 10 cm longer than the other side.
What is the length of the hypotenuse? (16.25 cm)
Spherical Trigonometry
1. Angle C = 90 degrees in a right spherical triangle ABC. If c = 80 degrees and a = 50 degrees. Find
b. (74.32 deg)
2. In a spherical triangle ABC, B = 80 degrees, a = 49 degrees and c = 77 degrees. Find the value of
angle A. (50.63 deg)
Applications
1. A man standing a 48.5 meter building high, has an eyesight height of 1.5m from the top of the
building, took a depression reading from the top of another nearby building and the nearest wall,
which are 50° and 80 ° respectively. Find the height of the nearby building in meters. The man is
standing at the edge of the building and both buildings lie on the same horizontal plane. (39.49)
2. In the quadrilateral ABCD, the following angles are measured.
A
Angle BCD = 33°
Angle ADC = 34°30’ B
Angle ACB = 49°30’
Angle ADB = 37°30’
C D
Determine the angle CAD, BAD, and ABC. (CAD = 63°, BAD = 27°17’, ABC = 40°13’)
3. From two inaccessible but intervisible points A and B, the angles to two triangulation stations C
and D were observed as follows: (Line AB = 500 m long)
C D
Angle CAB = 79°30’
Angle DAB = 28°30’
Angle DBC = 31°30’
Angle DBA = 84°30’ A B
Find the distance BC, DB and CD. (BC = 666.81 m, DB = 259.18 m, CD = 465.94 m)
4. A pole cast a shadow 15m long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61 degrees. If the pole
leans 15 degrees directly towards the sun, what is the length of the pole? (54.23 m)
5. A statue 2m high stands on a column that is 3m high. An observer in level with the top of the
statue observed that the column and the statue subtend the same angle. How far is the observer
from the statue? (4.47 m)
6. Two towers A and B are placed at a distance of 100m apart horizontally. The height of A is 40m
and that of B is 30m.
(a) At what distance vertically above the ground will the intersection of the lines forming the
angles of elevation of the top of the two towers observed from the bases of towers A and B
respectively. (17.14 m)
(b) At what distance, horizontally is this point located from tower A? (57.13 m)
(c) At what distance, horizontally is this point located from tower B? (42.87 m)
7. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He takes sight at the top of the tower
from A to B, which are 50 ft apart at the same elevation on a direct line with the tower. The
vertical angle at point A is 30° and at point B is 40°. What is the height of the tower? (92.54 ft)
8. A PLDT 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 the PLDT tower are 13° and 35° respectively.
The height of the tower is 50m. find the height of the monument. (33.51 m)
9. A boy standing on a horizontal plane finds a bird flying at a distance of 100 m from him at an
elevation of 30°. A girl, standing on the roof of 20 m high building, finds the angle of elevation of
the same bird to be 45°. Both the boy and girl are on the opposite sides of the bird. Find the
distance of bird from the girl. (42.43 m)
10. The angles of elevation and depression of the top and bottom of a light house from the top of a
building 60 m high are 30° and 60° respectively.
(a) Find the difference between the height of the lighthouse and the building (20 m)
(b) Find the distance between the lighthouse and the building (34.64 m)
11. A man standing on the deck of a ship, 10 m above the water level observes the angle of elevation
of the top of a hill as 60° and angle of depression the bottom of a hill as 30°.
(a) Find the distance of the hill from the ships (17.32 m)
(b) Find the height of the hill (40 m)