WORD PROBLEMS Name_Snevicion Lee ‘Am angle of elevation is ane cage fron ane Norizentch Upc te AL okyecs BWV fale” Anangle of depression isie cnc\e Sct por ironte Peeve For the problems below, draw a sketch of the situation. The sketches should be right triangles. Example: From a 60 foot observation tower on the coast, a Coast Guard officer sights a boat in the water. ‘The angle of depression to the boat is 4.5°. How far is the boat from the shore line? Example: You are standing 75 meters from the base of the Jin Mao Building in Shanghai, China. You estimate that the angle of elevation to the top of the building is 80°. What is the approximate height of the building? é\3 75 Kainigy tors (80) = ay “Yomework 1. The angle of elevation to a helicopter from a ship is 35°. The altitude of the helicopter is 2800 meters. How far is it from a buoy, directly below the helicopter, to the ship? 2, A person 1320 feet from a television tower, sights its top. The angle of elevation is 24°. How tall is the tower? 3. A person ina hot-air balloon that is directly over a school sights her home. The angle of depression is 42°. The house is one mile from the school. Find the altitude of the balloon (in feet). “The length of a guy-wire supporting a radio tower is 175 feet. The angle of elevation to the top of the tower from the foot of the guy-wire is 65”. How tall is the tower? ‘A guy-wire or guy-rope isa tensioned cable designed to add stability to structures (frequently ship ‘masts, radio masts, wind turbines, utility poles, and tents). One end of the eable is atached tothe strueture, andthe other is anchored o the ground at a distance from the structure's base. They ure often configured radially equally spuced about the structure) in ios, quads (pairs of paits) or other sets, This allows the tension of each guy-wire to offset the others. Far example, roof antennas are sometimes held up by three guy-wires. hpien peta crnihiGu-ie10. oe A ramp is 120 feet long and rises vertically 15 feet. Find the angle of elevation of the ramp. ook | 18 A tower 150 feet high casts a shadow 200 feet long. Find the angle of elevation to the sun. A person on a bridge sights a boat at an angle of depression of 6°. The bridge is 96 feet above the water. If the boat is traveling 440 feet per minute, about how long will it take the boat to reach the bridge? An observer at the top of a 50 meter high lighthouse sights two ships approaching, one behind the other, ‘The angles of depression are 36° and 25°. Find the distance between the ships. ‘Anavy reconnaissance plane is at 3000 feet as it passes over its carrier. At that instant, the copilot sights a submarine. Find the distance from the aircraft carrier to the submarine if the angle of depression of the submarine is 32°. A se an . An uphill street rises 95 meters through a distance of 315 meters @oviibosvieet. What is the measure of the incline? a " “os Astudent looks out of a second-story window and sees the top of a flagpole at an angle of elevation of 22°. The student is 18 feet above the ground and 15 feet from the flagpole. Find the height of the flagpole.