Activity 2: KEEP PRACTICING!
Solve each of the following problems. Round off your final answers to the
nearest hundredths.
1. The vertex angle of an isosceles triangle 41º. Each of the legs measures
32 centimeters. How long is the base of the triangle?
2. The angle of elevation of the sun is 35º. How long is the shadow cast by
a building 94 meters high?
3. A nipa hut is directly below a helicopter. If a man in the helicopter sees
a carabao 45 meters from the nipa hut at angle of depression 20°, how
far from the ground is the helicopter?
4. Steve is in the second floor of his school building, he can see the top of
a house at an angle of elevation of 38º. If the school building is 50
meters away from the house and Steve is 6 meters from the ground,
how high is the house?
5. An electric post was broken by a super typhoon. It formed a right
triangle with the ground. If the broken part made an angle of 29° with
the other part, and the topmost part of the post of the post which was
on the ground was 8 meters from the base, how tall was the post?​