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

Choose the correct ratio.

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

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

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 

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

Find the angle of elevation of the Sun when a 12.5 meter tall telephone pole casts an 18 meter long shadow. Round your answer to the nearest tenth (one decimal place).

• 428.5 feet

• 40.1 feet

• 38.3 feet

• 125.3 feet