Angles of Elevation and Depression

What trigonometric ratio would be used to find the distance from the ship to the plane?

• sine
• cosine
• tangent
• inverse sine

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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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When the angle of elevation of the sun is 78 degrees, an statue casts a shadow that is 6m long. How far is the top of the statue to the end of its shadow?

• 1.2 m
• 28.9 m
• 6.1 m
• 28.2 m

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The angle of 12^o is a(n)

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

My dog, Stella, is playing in the park and sees a tree 100 m away.  Since she is the dog of a mathematics teacher, she knows how to calculate the angle of elevation to the top of the tree and finds it to be about 25°.  About how tall is the tree?

• 32 m
• 47 m
• 15 m
• 42 m

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After traveling 400m from a runway, a plane is 300m above the ground. Calculate its angle of elevation.

• 50
• 0.053
• 36.9
• 95

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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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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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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
• I love Math!

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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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