Geometry Worksheet
Right Triangle Trigonometry - Angles of Elevation & Depression
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Right Triangle Trigonometry - Angles of Elevation & Depression
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This worksheet contains problems on angles of elevation and depression.
Students must solve word problems involving right triangles by
correct selection of the tangent, sine, and cosine ratios.
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Sample Problems from Worksheet (diagrams not shown) |
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1) Describe how to use an angle of elevation or an angle of depression to find how
high an extension ladder on a hook and ladder truck would reach on a building.
3) An airplane over the Pacific sights an atoll at a 5° angle of depression. If the plane is 440 m above water, how many kilometers is it from a point 440 m above
the atoll?
6) A large totem pole near Kalama, Washington is 103 feet tall. On a particular
day at noon it casts a 189-foot shadow. What is the sun’s angle of elevation at
that time?
8) Which two trigonometric equations could be used to find x?
11) Find the angle of elevation of the sun when a tree that is 10 yards tall casts
a shadow 14 yards long.
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