What are applications of trigonometry in daily life?

Answer 1

Applications of Trigonometry in Real life

• Trigonometry is commonly used in finding the height of towers and mountains.

• It is used in navigation to find the distance of the shore from a point in the sea.

• It is used in oceanography in calculating the height of tides in oceans

• It is used in finding the distance between celestial bodies

• The sine and cosine functions are fundamental to the theory of periodic functions such as those that describe sound and light waves.

• Architects use trigonometry to calculate structural load, roof slopes, ground surfaces and many other aspects, including sun shading and light angles.

The various fields in which trigonometry is used are acoustics, architecture, astronomy (and hence navigation, on the oceans, in aircraft, and in space; in this connection, see great circle distance), Biology, cartography, chemistry, civil engineering, computer graphics, geophysics, crystallography, economics (in particular in analysis of financial markets), electrical engineering, electronics, land surveying and geodesy, many physical sciences, mechanical engineering, machining, medical imaging (CAT scans and ultrasound), meteorology, Music Theory, number theory (including cryptography), oceanography, optics, pharmacology, phonetics, probability theory, psychology, seismology, statistics, and visual perception, education.