Angle of Elevation and Depression

Which angle is the angle of elevation?

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Which angle is the angle of depression?

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What angle is the angle of depression?

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Brian’s kite is flying above a field at the end of 65 m of string. If the angle of elevation to the kite

measures 70°, how high is the kite above Brian’s head?

• 22.23 meters

• 61.08 meters

• 70.31 meters

• 178.59 meters

From an airplane at an altitude of 1200 m, the angle of depression to a building on the ground measures

28°. Find the distance from the plane to the building.

• 563.37 meters

• 1059.54 meters

• 1359.08 meters

• 2556.07 meters

From a point on the ground 12 ft from the base of a flagpole, the angle of elevation of the top of the pole

measures 53°. How tall is the flagpole?

• 9.04 feet

• 9.59 feet

• 15.92 feet

• 7.22 feet

A 14 foot ladder is used to scale a 13 foot wall. At what angle of elevation must the ladder be situated in

order to reach the top of the wall?

• 68.2 degrees

• 21.8 degrees

• 47.1 degrees

• 60.1 degrees

A person is looking up at an airplane flying in the distance. The airplane is 1,500 feet off the ground and it is a horizontal distance of 400 feet away from the person. What is the angle of depression?

• 14.9 degrees

• 15.5 degrees

• 64.3 degrees

• 75.1 degrees

Calculate the angle of elevation.

• 22.78 feet

• 33.6 feet

• 67.2 feet

• 40.5 feet

Superman is flying to save an airplane that has been taken over by Lex Luther. The angle of depression is 57 degrees and Superman is still 1000 feet lower than the airplane. How far is the diagonal distance Superman has to fly?

• 1192.36 feet

• 1836.08 feet

• 649.41 feet

• 1185.78 feet