Bob has come to San Francisco, and he wants to know how tall the Golden Gate Bridge is. He gains the measurements of distance and degree length.
Bob uses trigonometry to find out how far he is from the base of the golden gate bridge. sin25 = 746/x, x=1767 ft. Bob is 1767 feet away from the bridge.
Bob knows that the top of the golden gate brigde is 746 feet and the angle of depression is 25 degrees.
25 degrees
746 ft
Bob has come to London, and he wants to know how tall the Big Ben is. He gains the measurements of distance and degree length.
Bob knows that he is 443 ft away from the Big Ben and the top of the Big Ben is 45 degrees.
Bob uses trigonometry to find out that sin 45 = x/443, x=315. He is happy that high school math topics are helping him in real life.
45 degrees
443 ft
Bob is now in Paris, and really wants to know the height of the majestic Eiffel Tower. Bob collects the measurements in order to find the height using trig.
Bob finds that he is at a 65 degree angle and is 1320 feet away from the eiffiel tower, but now he wants to find the length from his feet to the tip as well as the height.
65 degrees
1320
If the distance from Bob's feet to the base of the Eiffel tower then to find the distance from his feet to the top would be cos65 = 1320/x, x=3127 ft for the distance from Bob's feet to the tip of the Eiffel tower. Now for the height of the Eiffel tower Bob uses the expression sin65=x/1320, x = about 1100 ft as the height of the Eiffel tower. Bob's adventures are over, but his knowledge of trig is still prominent as ever.
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