Class 10 Maths · Chapter 9 · CBSE / NCERT

Some Applications of Trigonometry

Heights and distances. You’ll learn angles of elevation and depression, and use trigonometry to find the height of towers and buildings or the width of a river.

9 short lessons · about 41 minutes in all

What you’ll learn

  1. 1Looking Up and Looking Down: Elevation and Depression4 min
  2. 2Picking tan, sin, or cos for a Height Problem4 min
  3. 3Solving One Right Triangle for a Height4 min
  4. 4Adding Back the Observer's Own Height4 min
  5. 5A Flagstaff on Top of a Building: Two Angles, One Point5 min
  6. 6One Tower, Two Viewing Points: Shadows and Angles5 min
  7. 7Two Buildings, One Point at the Top5 min
  8. 8A Bridge Over a River: Depression to Both Banks5 min
  9. 9Turning a Trig Distance Into Speed and Time5 min

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