Quiz: Angle of Elevation/Depression

 Find side AB?

• 20 m
• 5 m
• 11.54 m
• 8.66 m

Solve for the misssing distance

• 18.9
• 19.5
• 47
• 27.5

Solve for the missing angle.

• 50.5 degrees
• 12.7 degrees
• 36.9 degrees
• 72.2 degrees

Which scenario describes the picture shown?

• A 5 foot ramp is 8 feet away from a building.  What is the angle that the ramp makes with the ground?
• A 5 foot ramp leans against an 8 foot structure.  What is the angle that the ramp makes with the ground?
• An 8 foot ramp leans
  against a building 5 feet away.  What angle does the ramp make with the ground?
• A 5 foot man is 8 feet away from a building.  What is the angle of elevation?

A ladder is leaning against a wall. The foot of the ladder is 6.5 feet from the wall. The ladder makes an angle of 74^𝑜 with the level ground. How high on the wall does the ladder reach?

Which of the following is the correct diagram for the problem?

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The guard of a lighthouse saw a boat passing by with the distance of 275.25 feet. What is the angle of elevation?

• ∠ DCA

• None

• ∠ CAB

• ∠ A

The term _____________ denotes the angle from the horizontal upward to an object. An observer's line of sight would be above the horizontal.

• Angle of Depression

• Angle of Elevation

• Horizontal Line of Sight

• Line of Sight

∠Y illustrates angle of elevation.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• MAYBE

• NOT SURE

The angle formed by a horizontal line and a line of sight to a point below the line is called the _________________.

• Angle of depression

• Angle of elevation

• Angle of sadness

• Angle of altitude

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.  The distance between the yacht and the top of the lighthouse is about 100 feet.  Which of these is closest to the height of the lighthouse? 

• 25 feet
• 45 feet 
• 110 feet 
• 135 feet