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5 angles of elevation and depression ink.notebook March 05, 2018
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8.5 Angles of
Elevation and
Depression
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8.5 angles of elevation and depression ink.notebook March 05, 2018
After this lesson, you should be able to
successfully solve problems using angles
of elevation and depression.
8.5 Angles of Elevation and Depression
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G.CO.10 Prove theorems about triangles.
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8.5 angles of elevation and depression ink.notebook March 05, 2018
When an observer is looking down, the angle of
_____________ is the angle between a horizontal line from
the observer and the line of sight to an object that is below
the horizontal line. In the diagram, PQ is the horizontal line.
y is the angle of _____________ from the observer at P to
the object at R.
∠2 is the angle of depression from the plane to tower.
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vertical height
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m∠1 = m∠2
horizontal length
Use SOHCAHTOA
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1. Classify each as an angle of elevation or an angle of depression.
∠1 ____________________ ∠3___________________
∠2 _____________________∠4 __________________
2. The angle of elevation from point A to the top of a cliff is 34°.
If point A is 1000 feet from the base of the cliff, how high is
the cliff?
Let x = the height of the cliff
Where does the 34° go?
The height of the cliff is about _______ feet.
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8.5 angles of elevation and depression ink.notebook March 05, 2018
3. An airplane over the Pacific sights an ship at a 20° angle of
depression. If the plane is 475 m above water, how many
kilometers is it from a point 475 m above the ship?
4. HILL TOP The angle of elevation from point A to the top of a 5. SUN Find the angle of elevation of the Sun when a
hill is 49°. If point A is 400 feet from the base of the hill, how 12.5metertall telephone pole casts an 18meterlong
high is the hill? shadow.
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8.5 angles of elevation and depression ink.notebook March 05, 2018
6. AIR TRAFFIC From the top of a 120foothigh tower, an air
traffic controller observes an airplane on the runway at an
angle of depression of 19°. How far from the base of the tower
is the airplane?
Name the angle of depression or angle of elevation in each
figure.
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8.5 angles of elevation and depression ink.notebook March 05, 2018
9. MOUNTAIN BIKING On a mountain bike trip along the Gemini 10. SHADOWS Suppose the sun casts a shadow off a 35foot
Bridges Trail in Moab, Utah, Nabuko stopped on the canyon building. If the angle of elevation to the sun is 60°, how long
floor to get a good view of the twin sandstone bridges. Nabuko is the shadow to the nearest tenth of a foot?
is standing about 60 meters from the base of the canyon cliff,
and the natural arch bridges are about 100 meters up the
canyon wall. If her line of sight is 5 meters above the ground,
what is the angle of elevation to the top of the bridges? Round
to the nearest tenth degree.
11. INDIRECT MEASUREMENT Kyle is at the end of a pier 30 feet
above the ocean. His eye level is 3 feet above the pier. He is
using binoculars to watch a whale surface. If the angle of
depression of the whale is 20°, how far is the whale from Kyle's
binoculars? Round to the nearest tenth foot.
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8.5 angles of elevation and depression ink.notebook March 05, 2018
HOMEWORK
On the 8.5 Practice WS on Angles of Elevation and Depression
Worksheet
Name the angle of depression or angle of elevation in each 3. What is the angle between the ground
figure. and the top of the tree?
1.
4. Find the value of x.
2.
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8.5 angles of elevation and depression ink.notebook March 05, 2018
5. A building near Atlanta, Georgia, is 181 feet tall. On a 6. SKIING A ski run is 1000 yards long with a vertical drop of 208
particular day at noon it casts a 204foot shadow. yards. Find the angle of depression from the top of the ski run
What is the sun's angle of elevation at that time? to the bottom.
7. A car drives up a 100 yard incline at a steepness of 5°. What 8. To find the height of a flagpole, a surveyor moves 150 feet
vertical height has the car ascended? away from the base of the pole and then, with a tripod 3 feet
tall, measures the angle of elevation to the top of the pole to
be 26°. What is the height of the pole?
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8.5 angles of elevation and depression ink.notebook March 05, 2018
9. CONSTRUCTION A roofer props a ladder against a wall so 10. WATER TOWERS A student can see a water tower from the
that the top of the ladder reaches a 30foot roof that needs closest point of the soccer field at San Lobos High School.
repair. If the angle of elevation from the bottom of the ladder to The edge of the soccer field is about 110 feet from the water
the roof is 55°, how far is the ladder from the base of the wall? tower and the water tower stands at a height of 32.5 feet.
Round your answer to the nearest foot. What is the angle of elevation if the eye level of the student
viewing the tower from the edge of the soccer field is 6 feet
above the ground? Round to the nearest tenth.
11. TOWN ORDINANCES The town of Belmont restricts the 12. INDIRECT MEASUREMENT Mr. Dominguez is standing on a
height of flagpoles to 25 feet on any property. Lindsay wants 40foot ocean bluff near his home. He can see his two dogs
to determine whether her school is in compliance with the on the beach below. If his line of sight is 6 feet above the
regulation. Her eye level is 5.5 feet from the ground and she ground and the angles of depression to his dogs are 34° and
stands 36 feet from the flagpole. If the angle of elevation is 48°, how far apart are the dogs to the nearest foot?
about 25°, what is the height of the flagpole to the nearest
tenth?
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13. LIGHTHOUSES Sailors on a ship at sea spot the light from a 14. RESCUE A hiker dropped his backpack over one side of a
lighthouse. The angle of elevation to the light is 25°. The canyon onto a ledge below. Because of the shape of the cliff,
light of the lighthouse is 30 meters above sea level. How far he could not see exactly where it landed.
from the shore is the ship? Round your answer to the nearest
meter. From the other side, the park ranger reports that the angle of
depression to the backpack is 32°. If the width of the canyon is
115 feet, how far down did the backpack fall? Round your
answer to the nearest foot.
30m
25
?
15. AIRPLANES The angle of elevation to an airplane viewed
from the control tower at an airport is 7°. The tower is 200 Answers:
feet high and the pilot reports that the altitude is 5200 feet.
How far away from the control tower is the airplane? Round
your answer to the nearest foot.
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