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TrigonometryProblemsandQuestionswithSolutions
Grade10
Grade10trigonometryproblemsandquestionswithanswersandsolutionsarepresented.
1.FindxandHintherighttrianglebelow.

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2.Findthelengthsofallsidesoftherighttrianglebelowifitsareais
400.

3.BHisperpendiculartoAC.FindxthelengthofBC.

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4.ABCisarighttrianglewitharightangleatA.Findxthelengthof
DC.

5.InthefigurebelowABandCDareperpendiculartoBCandthe
sizeofangleACBis31o.FindthelengthofsegmentBD.

6.Theareaofarighttriangleis50.Oneofitsanglesis45o.Findthe
lengthsofthesidesandhypotenuseofthetriangle.

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7.InarighttriangleABC,tan(A)=3/4.Findsin(A)andcos(A).
8.InarighttriangleABCwithangleAequalto90o,findangleBand
Csothatsin(B)=cos(B).
9.Arectanglehasdimensions10cmby5cm.Determinethe
measuresoftheanglesatthepointwherethediagonalsintersect.
10.ThelengthsofsideABandsideBCofascalenetriangleABCare
12cmand8cmrespectively.ThesizeofangleCis59o.Findthe
lengthofsideAC.
11.Fromthetopofa200metershighbuilding,theangleof
depressiontothebottomofasecondbuildingis20degrees.From
thesamepoint,theangleofelevationtothetopofthesecond
buildingis10degrees.Calculatetheheightofthesecondbuilding.
12.Karlaisridingverticallyinahotairballoon,directlyoverapointP
ontheground.Karlaspotsaparkedcaronthegroundatanangle
ofdepressionof30o.Theballoonrises50meters.Nowtheangle
ofdepressiontothecaris35degrees.Howfaristhecarfrom
pointP?
13.Iftheshadowofabuildingincreasesby10meterswhentheangle
ofelevationofthesunraysdecreasesfrom70oto60o,whatisthe
heightofthebuilding?

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SolutionstotheAboveProblems
1.x=10/tan(51o)=8.1(2significantdigits)
H=10/sin(51o)=13(2significantdigits)
2.Area=(1/2)(2x)(x)=400
Solveforx:x=20,2x=40
Pythagora'stheorem:(2x)2+(x)2=H2
H=xsqrt(5)=20sqrt(5)
3.BHperpendiculartoACmeansthattrianglesABHandHBCare
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righttriangles.Hence
tan(39o)=11/AHorAH=11/tan(39o)
HC=19AH=1911/tan(39o)
Pythagora'stheoremappliedtorighttriangleHBC:112+HC2=x2
solveforxandsubstituteHC:x=sqrt[112+(1911/tan(39o))2]
=12.3(roundedto3significantdigits)
4.SinceangleAisright,bothtrianglesABCandABDarerightand
thereforewecanapplyPythagora'stheorem.
142=102+AD2,162=102+AC2
Alsox=ACAD
=sqrt(162102)sqrt(142102)=2.69(roundedto3significant
digits)
5.UserighttriangleABCtowrite:tan(31o)=6/BC,solve:BC=6/
tan(31o)
UsePythagora'stheoremintherighttriangleBCDtowrite:
92+BC2=BD2
SolveaboveforBDandsubstituteBC:BD=sqrt[9+(6/tan(31o)
)2]
=13.4(roundedto3significantdigits)
6.Thetriangleisrightandthesizeoneofitsanglesis45othethird
anglehasasize45oandthereforethetriangleisrightand
isosceles.LetxbethelengthofoneofthesidesandHbethe
lengthofthehypotenuse.
Area=(1/2)x2=50,solveforx:x=10
WenowusePythagoratofindH:x2+x2=H2
SolveforH:H=10sqrt(2)
7.LetabethelengthofthesideoppositeangleA,bthelengthofthe
sideadjacenttoangleAandhbethelengthofthehypotenuse.
tan(A)=oppositeside/adjacentside=a/b=3/4
Wecansaythat:a=3kandb=4k,wherekisacoefficientof
proportionality.Letusfindh.
Pythagora'stheorem:h2=(3k)2+(5k)2
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Solveforh:h=5k
sin(A)=a/h=3k/5k=3/5andcos(A)=4k/5k=4/5
8.LetbbethelengthofthesideoppositeangleBandcthelengthof
thesideoppositeangleCandhthelengthofthehypotenuse.
sin(B)=b/handcos(B)=c/h
sin(B)=cos(B)meansb/h=c/hwhichgivesc=b
Thetwosidesareequalinlengthmeansthatthetriangleis
isoscelesandanglesBandCareequalinsizeof45o.
9.Thediagrambelowshowstherectanglewiththediagonalsandhalf
oneoftheangleswithsizex.
tan(x)=5/2.5=2,x=arctan(2)
largeranglemadebydiagonals2x=2arctan(2)=127o(3
significantdigits)
Smalleranglemadebydiagonals1802x=53o.

10.LetxbethelengthofsideAC.Usethecosinelaw
122=82+x22*8*x*cos(59o)
Solvethequadraticequationforx:x=14.0andx=5.7
xcannotbenegativeandthereforethesolutionisx=14.0(rounded
toonedecimalplace).
11.Thediagrambelowshowthetwobuildingsandtheanglesof
depressionandelevation.
tan(20o)=200/L
L=200/tan(20o)
tan(10o)=H2/L
H2=L*tan(10o)
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=200*tan(10o)/tan(20o)
Heightofsecondbuilding=200+200*tan(10o)/tan(20o)

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