Tuesday April 11, 2017

Angle of Elevation & Angle of Depression

Goals:
- Understand the direct application of trigonometry to real world concepts
through two new terms.
- Practice, practice, practice!
Right Triangle Practice
Problems
Homework from last night, Worksheet from
yesterday, or new worksheet.
~15 Minutes
 Angle of Elevation: From Horizontal-Up
When you look up at an object, the angle that your line of
sight makes with a line drawn horizontally is called the
angle of elevation.
Angle of Elevation
1. The angle of elevation to the sun is 21. If a pole casts a 19ft
shadow, what is the height of the pole?

x ft.

21
19 ft.
 2. Frank spies a turkey roosting in a tree at an angle of 32. If
Frank is 30 yards from the base of the tree, and feels he is pretty
accurate for a shot under 43 yards, should he take the shot?

x yards

32
30 yards
 Angle of Depression: From Horizontal-Down
When you look down at an object, the angle that your line
of sight makes with a line drawn horizontally is called the
angle of depression.
 Angle of Depression

Angle of Elevation
 3. Miss Zrada, the lifeguard, sees Mr. Dick drowning at an
angle of depression of 22. If the lifeguard chair is 1o feet high and
her life preserver rope is 25 feet long, will the safety ring reach
Mr. Dick?

22

10 feet HELP!

22
Practice
Practice
Practice
Homework:
Finish the worksheet!