Angle of Elevation & Depression

By Winnie Waing Poli MT-1, MNHS

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Angle of elevation is the angle between a horizontal line from the observer and the line of sight to an object that is above the horizontal line.
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The angle of depression is the angle between a horizontal line from the observer and the line of sight to an object that is below the horizontal line.
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A little kid is flying a kite. The string of the kite makes an angle of 30 degrees with the ground. If the height of the kite is 12ft., find the length of the string that the boy has 7/16/2013 used.

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Tom and Sam are on the opposite 140 m sides of a tower of 140m height. They o o 46 60 measure the angle Tom Sam of elevation of the x top of the tower as 46 and 60 respectively. Find the distance between Tom and Angle of Elevation & Depression by WWPoli 7/16/2013 5 Sam.

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From a certain point on a plain, the angle of elevation of the top of a light house is 45, 300 m nearer, the elevation is 60. Find the height of the light house. ( use tangent60=1.732 and use lengths rounded to the nearest whole number in the computations.)
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The top of the hill is 40 m higher than a nearby 40 m airport, and the horizontal distance from the end of the runway is 325m from a point directly below the hilltop. An airplane takes off 40 m at the end of the runway in the direction of the hill, at an angle that is to be kept 325 m constant until the hill passes. If the pilot wants to Angle of Elevation & Depression by WWPoli 7/16/2013 clear the hill by 40m, what

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The angle of depression to the bottom of a canyon 67m deep is 40. How far across does the canyon stretch?

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An airplane is flying at a height of 2 miles above the level ground. The angle of depression from the plane to the foot of a tree is 15. Find the distance that the air plane must fly to be directly above the tree.
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The angle of depression of a vehicle on the ground from the top of a tower is 60. If the vehicle is at a distance of 100m away from the building, find the height of the tower.
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From the top of a tower 20 m high, 60 the top of the flagpole can be 30 25 seen at an angle of 20 m 25 and from few meters closer the 100 top of a flagpole m can be seen at an angle of 30. Find Angle of Elevation & Depression by WWPoli 11 the height of the

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