4.06GO Trig Ratio Modeling Day 1

Which scenario describes the picture shown?

• A 5 foot ramp is 8 feet away from a building.  What is the angle that the ramp makes with the ground?
• A 5 foot ramp leans against an 8 foot structure.  What is the angle that the ramp makes with the ground?
• An 8 foot ramp leans
  against a building 5 feet away.  What angle does the ramp make with the ground?
• A 5 foot man is 8 feet away from a building.  What is the angle of elevation?

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Solve for the missing angle.

• 50.5 degrees
• 12.7 degrees
• 36.9 degrees
• 72.2 degrees

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A yacht is anchored 90 feet offshore from the base of a lighthouse.  The angle of elevation from the boat to the top of the lighthouse is 26 degrees.  Which of these is nearest to the height of the lighthouse? 

• 25 feet
• 44 feet 
• 110 feet 
• 135 feet 

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A vertical tower is 20 m high from the horizontal ground. The angle of depression of a ball from the top of the tower is 42°. Calculate the distance, in m, of the ball from the base of the tower

• 18.01 m
• 29.89 m
• 13.38 m
• 22.21 m

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From a point 340 meters from the base of the Hoover Dam, the angle of elevation to the top of the dam is 33°. Find the height of the dam to the nearest meter. 

• 185.18 meters
• 523.55 meters
• 220.80 meters
• 624.27 meters

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The pilot of a traffic helicopter sights an accident at an angle of depression of 18 degrees.  The helicopter’s altitude is 1560 ft.  What is the horizontal distance from the helicopter to the accident? Round to the nearest foot.

• 543 ft
• 1756 ft
• 4801 ft
• 5404 ft

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