PROBLEM SETS # 4

1. A man travels at 30 degrees north of east, and ends up 10 miles east of his starting point.
How far did he travel?
2. A flag pole is 20 feet tall. If the sun's angle of inclination is 50 degrees, how long is the
pole's shadow?
3. A mountain has a 20 degree slope, and is 1 mile tall. How far do you need to hike to reach
the summit?
4. A building casts a 70 foot shadow when the sun's angle of inclination is 40 degrees. How
tall is the building?
5. A man travels at 10 degrees north of west, and ends up 5 miles north of his starting
point. How far west of his starting point will he end up? (HINT: You'll need to draw a
triangle that's oriented differently from the one in the reading!)
6. A mountain has a 35 degree slope, and you must hike 7 miles to reach the summit. How
tall is the mountain?
7. An airplane is 2000 feet above the ground. The sun's angle of inclination is 40 degrees.
How far is the airplane's shadow from the point on the ground directly under the
airplane?
8. An ant is standing as far away from a flagpole as it can while still standing in the shadow
of the pole. The pole is 25 feet tall, and the sun's angle of inclination is 30 degrees. What
is the distance from ant to the top of the pole?
9. Jill walks 10 miles at 40 degrees south of west. How far west of her starting point does
she end up?
10. Jack walks 30 miles at 30 degrees north of east, then walks 30 miles at 45 degrees north
of east. How many miles east of his starting point will he end up?
11. The angle of elevation of the top of the building at a distance of 50 m from its foot on a
horizontal plane is found to be 60°. Find the height of the building.
12. A ladder placed against a wall such that it reaches the top of the wall of height 6 m and
the ladder is inclined at an angle of 60°. Find how far the ladder is from the foot of the
wall.
13. A string of a kite is 100 meters long and the inclination of the string with the ground is
60°. Find the height of the kite, assuming that there is no slack in the string.
14. From the top of the tower 30 m height a man is observing the base of a tree at an angle of
depression measuring 30°. Find the distance between the tree and the tower.
15. A man wants to determine the height of a light house. He measured the angle at A and
found that tan A = 3/4. What is the height of the light house if A is 40 m from the base?
16. A ladder is leaning against a vertical wall makes an angle of 20° with the ground. The
foot of the ladder is 3 m from the wall. Find the length of ladder.
17. A kite is flying at a height of 65 m attached to a string. If the inclination of
the string with the ground is 31°, find the length of string.

18.The length of a string between a kite and a point on the ground is 90 m. If

the string makes an angle θ with the ground level such that tan θ = 15/8,
how high will the kite be ?
19. An airplane is observed to be approaching a point that is at a distance of 12
km from the point of observation and makes an angle of elevation of 50°.
Find the height of the airplane above the ground.
 20. A balloon is connected to a meteorological station by a cable of
length 200 m inclined at 60° angle with the ground. Find the height of the
balloon from the ground (Imagine that there is no slack in the cable).

Simplify the following

2
1
2 3
21. x y
−3
x y
2
2 3
22. x y
3
x y
−2 4
x y
23. −3 −2
x y
1 2
2
3 3
24. x y
3
x y
−2 −3
x y
25. 3
x y
2
−2
2 x 3
26. x y * −2/ 3
x y y
3

−2 4 −2
x y x
27. −3 −2 ¿ −2/ 3
x y y
1 2
2
x 3 y 3 −2
28. x 3 y ∗x
−2/ 3
y
3
y ∗1
29. x 3 y −2∗x 3
y
3
y ∗1
30. x 2/ 3 y 3 / 2∗x−3
y
3
y ∗x
31. x 3/ 5 y 2∗x 2/ 3
y
3
y ∗y
32. x 3 y 2∗x−3
x
1 /m n/m
a ∗a
33. m n
(a )
m/n n
a ∗a
34. m n
(a )
m n
a ∗a
35. m 2n
(a )
 m n/m
a ∗a
36. 2m n
(a )
2n m
a ∗a
37. m n
(a )
1 /m 2n
a ∗a
38. m 2n
(a )
3
y ∗1
39. x 5 y 2∗x 3/ 2
y
3
y ∗x
40. x−3 y 3/ 2∗x−3
y
3
y ∗x
41. x−3 /5 y 2∗x 2/ 3
y
2/ 3
y ∗y
42. x 3 y 2∗x 3
x
2 /3
y ∗y
43. x 3 * x y 2/3
x
3
y ∗1
44. x 5 y 2∗x 3/ 2
y
3
y ∗x
45. x−3 y 3/ 2∗x−3 * x y 2/3
y
3
y ∗x
46. x−3 /5 y 2∗x 2/ 3 * x y 2/3
y
2/ 3
y ∗y
47. x 3 y 2∗x 3 * x y 2/3
x
1 /m n/m
a ∗a
48. m n *a mn
(a )
m/n n
a ∗a mn
49. m n *a
(a )
m n
a ∗a
50. m 2n *a mn
(a )
m n/m
a ∗a mn
51. 2 m n *a
(a )
m n/m
a ∗a m/ n
52. 2 m n *a
(a )
m/n n
a ∗a m/ n
53. 2 m n *a
(a )
1 /m n
a ∗a m/ n
54. m 2 n *a
(a )
 m n
a ∗a m/ n
55. 2 m n *a
(a )
m/n n
a ∗a mn 1
56. m n *a *
(a ) a
m n
a ∗a mn 1
57. m 2n *a *
(a ) a
m n/m
a ∗a mn 1
58. 2 m n *a *
(a ) a
m n/m
a ∗a m/ n 1
59. 2 m n *a *
(a ) a
m n
a ∗a 1
60. 2 m n *a m/ n* −2 m
(a ) a
61. Find the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of 3 cm and 4 cm.
62. Calculate the missing angle in a right triangle with angles of 30° and 60°.
63. Determine the length of the shorter leg in a 5-12-13 right triangle.
64. What is the area of a right triangle with a base of 8 units and a height of 6 units?
65. Given an angle of 45° in a right triangle, find the length of the adjacent side if the
hypotenuse is 10 cm.
66. In a 3-4-5 right triangle, what is the length of the longest side?
67. Calculate the missing angle in a right triangle with angles of 45° and 45°.
68. What is the perimeter of a right triangle with sides of 7 cm, 24 cm, and 25 cm?
69. Find the length of the altitude in a right triangle with a base of 10 units and an area of 30
square units.
70. Determine the missing side in a right triangle with angles of 60° and 90°.
71. In a right triangle, if one leg is 8 units and the hypotenuse is 10 units, find the other leg.
72. What is the sine of a 30° angle in a right triangle?
73. Calculate the missing angle in a right triangle with sides of 9 cm and 12 cm.
74. In a 5-12-13 right triangle, find the length of the longest side if one leg is 5 units.
75. Determine the area of a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 13 units and an angle of 60°.
76. Find the missing side length in a 30-60-90 right triangle with a hypotenuse of 10 units.
77. Calculate the length of the hypotenuse in a right triangle with legs of 6 cm and 8 cm.
78. What is the cosine of a 60° angle in a right triangle?
79. Determine the missing side in a right triangle with an angle of 45° and a hypotenuse of
20 units.
80. Find the perimeter of a right triangle with sides of 15 units, 20 units, and 25 units.
81. Calculate the perimeter of a scalene triangle with side lengths 5 cm, 7 cm, and 9 cm.
82. Find the area of a scalene triangle with base 6 units and height 8 units.
83. Determine the missing angle in a scalene triangle with angles of 30° and 80°.
84. Given the sides of a scalene triangle as 8 cm, 10 cm, and 12 cm, find its area.
85. Find the largest angle in a scalene triangle with side lengths 4 cm, 6 cm, and 7 cm.
86. Calculate the missing side length in a scalene triangle with angles of 45°, 60°, and 75°.
87. Determine the area of a scalene triangle with sides 3 units, 4 units, and 5 units.
88. Find the smallest angle in a scalene triangle with sides 9 cm, 12 cm, and 15 cm.
89. Calculate the height of a scalene triangle with base 10 units and area 24 square units.
90. Determine the missing angle in a scalene triangle with sides 6 cm, 8 cm, and 10 cm.
91. Find the perimeter of a scalene triangle with sides 13 units, 14 units, and 15 units.
92. Calculate the area of a scalene triangle with sides 7 cm, 24 cm, and 25 cm.
93. Determine the missing side length in a scalene triangle with angles 30°, 45°, and 105°.
94. Find the largest side in a scalene triangle with angles 50°, 60°, and 70°.
95. Calculate the missing angle in a scalene triangle with sides 5 cm, 6 cm, and 8 cm.
96. Determine the perimeter of a scalene triangle with sides 9 units, 11 units, and 13 units.
97. Find the smallest side in a scalene triangle with angles 20°, 70°, and 90°.
98. Calculate the area of a scalene triangle with sides 12 cm, 15 cm, and 18 cm.
99. Determine the missing angle in a scalene triangle with sides 4 cm, 5 cm, and 7 cm.
100. Find the height of a scalene triangle with base 9 units and area 36 square units.