You need a ladder that will reach up a 25 foot tall house when placed 10 feet away from the house. How tall does the ladder need to be?

• 25 feet
• 26 feet
• 27 feet
• 28 feet

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

From a hot air balloon 2,500ft above the ground, you see a clearing whose angle of DEPRESSION is 25 degrees.  to the nearest foot, what is your horizontal distance from the clearing?

• 1166 feet
• 5361 feet
• 5916 feet
• 2758 feet

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

An airplane takes off 200 yards 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?

• 73.30
• 16.70
• 17.46
• 21.84

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

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

Charlie is standing at the top of a lookout tower and spots a water fountain below. If the lookout tower is 75 feet tall and the angle of depression is 28°, what is the horizontal distance between Charlie and the water fountain?

• 39.9 ft

• 141.1 ft

• 159.8 ft

• 84.9 ft

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

Solve the quadratic inequality:

x² - 9x - 112 ≥ 0

• -7 < x < 16

• -7 ≤ x ≤ 16

• x < -7 or x > 16

• x ≤ -7 or x ≥ 16

Simplify

• A

• B

• D

• C

The slide at the playground has a height of 6 feet. The base of the slide measured on the ground is 8 feet. What is the length of the slide?

• 8 feet

• 5.29 feet

• 10 feet

• 14 feet

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

Find the area of the triangle.

• D

• C

• B

• A

Simplify

• A

• B

• C

• D