Geometry Unit 8 Angles of Elevation and Depression

A tourist views a deer from a height of 45 feet.  The horizontal distance between the tourist and the deer is 130 feet.  At what angle (x) should the tourist hold his camera to photograph the deer? Round your answer to the nearest degree.  

• 19 degrees
• 45 degrees
• 71 degrees
• 138 degrees 

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

True or False:  The ∠ of depression is the  ∠ formed above the horizontal line.

• True
• False

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

Is the given angle of 70 degrees, an angle of elevation or an angle of depression?

• Angle of Elevation
• Angle of Depression
• Neither
• Both

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

An airplane takes off 600 feet in front of a 60 foot building. At what angle of elevation must the plane take off in order to avoid crashing into the building? 

• about .1 degree
• about 84 degrees
• about 6 degrees
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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

The ∠ of elevation and ∠ of depression represent which angle pair formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal?

• corresponding ∠'s
• alt. ext. ∠'s
• alt. int. ∠'s
• vertical ∠'s

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CCSS.8.G.A.5

I am cleaning the windows on my house.  I place a 4.5 m ladder against the side of my house to reach a window that is 4 m above the ground.  What is the angle that the ladder makes with the ground? Hint: think about how a ladder leans to draw your picture.

• 37°
• 42°
• 27°
• 63°

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

The angle of 12^o is a(n)

• angle of elevation
• angle of depression
• neither
• both

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CCSS.7.G.B.5

Dustin is stuck at the top of a Ferris wheel. His mother is standing 38 feet from the base of the wheel watching him. If the angle of elevation from Dustin's mom to Dustin is 73^o, how far off the ground is Dustin? 

• 118.2 ft
• 120.9 ft
• 124.3 ft
• 126.5 ft

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

Solve for x.

• 50.7
• 50.1
• 60.7
• 61.0

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

Solve for the missing angle.

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

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8