Angle 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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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 from the tree branch to the mouse? 

• 7.5 ft 
• 15 ft 
• 26 ft 
• 30 ft 

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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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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 meters long.  At what angle is the sun shining on the building?

• 19.80
• 18.71
• 70.20
• 71.29

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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

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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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Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world, standing at 828 meters. Another building, 100 meters away, stands 550 meters tall. What is the angle of depression from the TOP of the Burj Khalifa to the TOP of the other building?

• about 70 degrees
• about 83 degrees

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Which of the following is a way to remember Trig Ratios?

• SOH-CAH-TAO

• SAH-COH-TOA

• SOH-CAH-TOA

• SOA-CAH-TOH

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