1. An airplane is flying at an altitude of 3,000 meters.
The angle of depression from the airplane to a
point on the ground is 30°. How far is the point on the ground from the point directly below the airplane
(the horizontal distance)?
Answer: 5195.5 m
2. A tower stands 400 feet tall. From a point 600 feet away from the base of the tower, the angle of
elevation to the top of the tower is θ\thetaθ. What is θ\thetaθ?
Answer: 33.69 degrees
3. A building is 120 meters tall. From a point 200 meters away from the base of the building, the angle of
depression from the top of the building to the point is 25°. How high is the point above the ground?
Answer: 26.8 m
4. An observer on top of a building 50 meters high is watching a boat at sea. The angle of depression
from the observer to the boat is 30°. The observer then moves 40 meters horizontally towards the sea,
and the angle of depression to the boat changes to 45°. How far is the boat from the building?
Answer: 86.6 m
5. A plane is flying at an altitude of 1,200 meters. From a point on the ground, the angle of depression to
the plane is 15°. A second point, 1.5 kilometers further along the same straight line, has an angle of
depression of 10°. Find the distance between the two points on the ground.
Answer: 833.2 m
6. A ship sails 120 km on a bearing of 30° north of east, then changes course and sails 80 km on a
bearing of 120°. Determine the bearing from the starting point.
Answer: 63.4 degrees North of East
7. A ship sails 250 km on a bearing of 45° north of east. It then changes course and sails 300 km on a
bearing of 135°. After this, the ship sails 200 km on a bearing of 225°. Finally, it changes course again
and sails 150 km on a bearing of 315°. What is the distance from the starting point to the final position?
Answer: 158.11 km
8. A surveyor is standing at point A and spots two other points, B and C, in a forest. The distance from
point A to point B is 600 meters, and the bearing from A to B is 40° north of east. The distance from
point A to point C is 800 meters, and the bearing from A to C is 120°. What is the distance from B to C?
Answer: 912 m
9. A boat sails from Island A to Island B, which is 500 km away on a bearing of 70° north of east. After
reaching Island B, the boat changes course and sails to Island C, which is 400 km away on a bearing of
150°. What is the distance between island A and Island C?
Answer: 584.9 km
10. A ship is 45 miles East and 30 miles South of the port. The captain wants to sail directly to port.
What bearing should he take?
Answer: 303.69 degrees or North 56.31 degrees West