AOE/AOD/Trig

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?

• 19.1 degrees

• 68.7 degrees

• 70.9 degrees

• 130 degrees

A hawk sitting on a tree branch spots a mouse on the ground 15 feet from the base of the tree. The hawk swoops down toward the mouse at an angle of 30 degrees. What is the distance of the hawks flight path to reach the mouse?

• 7.5 ft

• 15 ft

• 26 ft

• 30 ft

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

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

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

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 tenth.

• 185.2 meters

• 523.5 meters

• 220.8 meters

• 624.3 meters

The angle of depression from the top of a flag stick to a golf ball on the ground is 12°. If the flag stick is 7 ft tall, how far away is the golf ball from the base of the flag stick?

• 32.9 yards

• 1.5 yards

• 33.6 yards

• 7.2 yards

When the angle of elevation of the sun is 78 degrees, an statue casts a shadow that is 6m long. How tall is the statue?

• 1.2 m

• 28.2 m

• 6.1 m

• 20.6 m

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?

• 214.5 m

• 46.6 m

• 42.3 m

• 90.6 m

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?

• .1 degrees

• 84.3 degrees

• 5.7 degrees

• 36.9 degrees

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

Tags

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.

• 48.4°

• 41.6°

• 27.3°

• 62.7°