Angle of Elevation and Depression

A bird watcher spots an eagle in a tree at an angle of elevation of 57 degrees and is 50 feet from the base of the tree. How high off of the ground is the eagle?

• 77 feet

• 32 feet

• 42 feet

• 27 feet

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An airplane is flying at an altitude of 15,000 feet. The angle of depression to a nearby air tower is 20 degrees. What is the distance between the plane and air tower?

• 43,857 feet

• 5,130 feet

• 15,963 feet

• 41,212 feet

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Max is 6 feet tall and casts a shadow 15 feet long onto the ground. What is the angle of elevation from the end of the shadow to the top of Max's head?

• 21.8 degrees

• 68.2 degrees

• 66.4 degrees

• 23.6 degrees

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Samantha is flying a kite holding the string 1 meter off of the ground. The angle of depression from the kite to Samantha is 65 degrees and the string is 30 meters long. How high off of the ground is the kite?

• 28 meters

• 27 meters

• 13 meters

• 14 meters

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A ramp into a warehouse is 14 feet long. The bottom of the ramp is 10 feet from the base of the warehouse. What is the angle of between the ramp and the ground?

• 44.4 degrees

• 45.6 degrees

• 35.5 degrees

• 54.5 degrees

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