Trig. Word Problems

A 10 ft. tree creates a shadow that is 15 ft. long. Find the angle of elevation of the sun. 

• 34 degrees
• 56 degrees
• 72 degrees
• 15 degrees

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An airplane takes off 200 yards in front of a 60 foot building. At what angle must the plane take off from the ground in order to avoid crashing into the building?

• 73.3

• 16.7

• 17.4

• 21.8

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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 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 yacht is anchored 90 feet offshore from the base of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation from the boat to the top of the lighthouse is 26 degrees. Which of these is closest to the height of the lighthouse?

• 25 feet

• 44 feet

• 110 feet

• 135 feet

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

• sine
• cosine
• tangent
• inverse sine

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A plane flying at 2000 ft altitude begins a 25 degree angle of depression to land. What is the distance along the ground the plane will travel before it lands?

• 4289 ft

• 932.6 ft

• 845.2 ft

• 4732.4 ft

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