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Angle of Elevation and Depression Notes

The document provides examples and explanations for using trigonometry to solve problems involving right triangles formed by angles of elevation and depression. It defines angle of elevation and angle of depression and gives examples of labeling angles and solving word problems that involve finding lengths and heights using trigonometric functions.

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Angle of Elevation and Depression Notes

The document provides examples and explanations for using trigonometry to solve problems involving right triangles formed by angles of elevation and depression. It defines angle of elevation and angle of depression and gives examples of labeling angles and solving word problems that involve finding lengths and heights using trigonometric functions.

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Unit # 5 – Right Triangle Trigonometry: Angle of Elevation/Depression

– angle of elevation → an angle between a ________________


and a line of sight where the angle is ______ the horizontal line.
– angle of depression → an angle between a _______________
and a line of sight where the angle is _____ the horizontal line.
Couple of Things to Notice:
1.) The two horizontal lines are _______________ to each other
and the angle of elevation and depression are _____________.
Angles that do this are called __________________________.
2.) If you draw in a ___________ , then a ___________ is formed.

Example 1: Describe each angle as it relates to the situation shown.

Angle 1: _________________________
_________________________

Angle 2: _________________________
_________________________

Angle 3: _________________________
_________________________

Angle 4: _________________________
_________________________

Example 2: Label each diagram and then complete each word problem. Round to tenth place.
a.) A palm tree casts a shadow of 18 feet long. b.) A sign on a roadway at bottom of a mountain road
The angle of elevation of the sun is 25.7°. indicates that the road will incline 10.5° with the
Find the height of the palm tree. ground. The altitude for a car ascending up the
mountain road is 3,850 ft. Find the length of the
mountain road in miles.
c.) The sonar of a navy cruiser detects a submarine d.) A 20-ft ladder leans against a house and the base
that is 4000 feet from the cruiser. The angle between of the ladder is 5 feet from the base of the house.
the water line and the submarine is 34°. What is the angle formed by the ladder and the
How deep is the submarine? ground?

e.) From a point on the ground 500 feet from the base f.) A 2 meter television camera at ground level is
of the building, it is observed that the angle of filming the lift-off of a space shuttle at a point 750
elevation to the top of the building is 24° and the meters from the launch pad. The camera’s angle of
angle of elevation to the top of the flagpole atop of the elevation to the shuttle is 32° at this specific time.
building is 27°. Find the height of the flagpole. Find the height of the shuttle.

Example 3: Draw a diagram and then complete each word problem. Round to tenth place.
a.) A skateboard ramp at a park has an inclination of c.) A water tower is located 325 feet from a building.
54° and its base is 12 feet long. What is the length of From a window in the building it is observed that the
the ramp? angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 39° and the
angle of depression to the bottom of the tower is 25°.
How tall is the tower?

b.) You are 200 yards from a river. Rather than


walking directly to the river, you walk 400 yards
along a straight path to the river’s edge. What is the
angle between this path and the river’s edge?

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