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Angle of Elevation and Depression Examples

The document contains 4 example problems involving angles of elevation and depression. The first problem asks how far away an object is if seen from 664 ft up at a 47° angle of depression. The second asks for the angle of depression if seen from 68 ft away and 54 ft above ground. The third asks how high a helicopter is if seen at a 33° angle of elevation from 1320 yd away. The fourth asks how far a person is from the bottom of a mountain if the top is 3427 ft above ground and seen at an 86° angle of elevation.

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Angle of Elevation and Depression Examples

The document contains 4 example problems involving angles of elevation and depression. The first problem asks how far away an object is if seen from 664 ft up at a 47° angle of depression. The second asks for the angle of depression if seen from 68 ft away and 54 ft above ground. The third asks how high a helicopter is if seen at a 33° angle of elevation from 1320 yd away. The fourth asks how far a person is from the bottom of a mountain if the top is 3427 ft above ground and seen at an 86° angle of elevation.

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Pre-Calculus (Block I)

18 March 2019

Angle of Elevation and Depression Problems

1. A person on top of Trump Tower looks down at an object. If the person is 664 ft above
the ground and the angle of depression is 47°, how far is the object?

cos (Θ) = A/H

cos (47) = 664/x

x = 664/cos (47)

x = 973.609379 f t

2. A person sits in a box seat of an opera house. If the person is 68 ft away from the stage
and the person is 54 ft above the ground, what is the angle of depression?

cos (Θ) = A/H

cos (x) = 52/68

x = cos−1 (52/68)

x = 40.1191669°
3. A lost person in a vacant town sees a search rescue helicopter. If the person is 1320 yd
away from the helicopter and the angle of elevation is 33°, how high above the ground is
the helicopter?

sin (Θ) = O/H

sin (33) = x/1320

x = 1320 · sin (33)

x = 1319.883655 f t

4. A person plans to climb a mountain. If the top of the mountain is 3427 ft above ground
and the angle of elevation is 86°, how far is the person from bottom of the mountain?

tan (Θ) = O/A

tan (86) = 3427/x

x = 3427/tan (86)

x = 1423.923919 f t

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