Angle 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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Choose the correct ratio.

• sin(37)=x/14
• cos(37)=x/14
• tan(37)=x/14
• sin(37)=14/x

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The angle of 12^o is a(n)

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

Solve for the missing angle

• 50
• 0.053
• 36.9
• 95

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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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You need a ladder that will reach up a 25 foot tall house when placed 10 feet away from the house. At what angle does the ladder have to be in order to reach the top of the house?

• 68.2 degrees

• 21.8 degrees

• 23.6 degrees

• 58.9 degrees

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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A building 62 feet tall casts a shadow 21 feet long. At what angle is the sun shining on the building?

• 19.80

• 18.71

• 70.20

• 71.29

A golfer is standing at the tee, looking up to the green on a hill. If the tee is 36 yards lower than the green and the angle of elevation from the tee to the hole is 12°, find the distance from the tee to the hole.

• 173.15 yards

• 7.48 yards

• 7.65 yards

• 169.37 yards

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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