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Right Tri d2 3.23
Right Tri d2 3.23
notebook March 23, 2017
Solve for a, c, and B.
a
22o
7
c
B
Solve for c, A, and B.
A
c
14
B
17
8.1.notebook March 23, 2017
Angle of Elevation
Acute angle from horizontal line to line of sight (when you're looking up)
Angle of Depression
Acute angle from horizontal line to line of sight (when you're looking down)
A person in a small boat, offshore from a vertical cliff known to be 100
feet in height, takes a sighting of the top of the cliff. If the angle of
elevation is found to be 25 , how far offshore is the boat?
8.1.notebook March 23, 2017
I am fishing with a 30 yard line when I hook the BIG ONE! The angle of
depression the line makes with the water is 23o as he pulls the line away.
How far beneath the surface is the gigantic fish that will make a delicious
dinner for my family? Yum!
8.1.notebook March 23, 2017
A straight trail leads from the Alpine Hotel, elevation 8000 feet, to a
scenic overlook, elevation 11,100 feet. The length of the trail is 14,100
feet. What is the grade (inclination) of the trail?
8.1.notebook March 23, 2017
Adorning the top of the Board of Trade building in Chicago is a statue
of Ceres, the Roman goddess of wheat. From street level, two
observations are taken 400 feet from the center of the building. The
angle of elevation to the base of the statue is found to be 55.1 and the
angle of elevation to the top of the statue is 56.5. Draw a picture to
represent the situation. What is the height of the statue?
56.5
55.1
400
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p 518 521 Due Friday
#11, 17 (6 trig functions)
#19 22 all (cofunctions)
#29, 41 (solve the triangle)
#51, 55, 57, 61, 69, 71, 77 (right triangle word problems)