Angle of Elevation/Depression

A hawk sitting on a tree branch spots a mouse on the ground 15 feet from the base of the tree.  The hawk swoops down toward the mouse at an angle of 30 degrees. What is the distance from the tree branch to the mouse? 

• 7.5 ft 
• 15 ft 
• 26 ft 
• 30 ft 

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A tourist views a deer from a height of 45 feet.  The horizontal distance between the tourist and the deer is 130 feet.  At what angle (x) should the tourist hold his camera to photograph the deer? Round your answer to the nearest degree.  

• 19 degrees
• 45 degrees
• 71 degrees
• 138 degrees 

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When the angle of elevation of the sun is 78 degrees, an statue casts a shadow that is 6m long. How tall is the statue?

• 1.3 m

• 28.9 m

• 6.1 m

• 28.2 m

A hawk sitting on a tree branch spots a mouse on the ground 15 feet from the base of the tree. The hawk swoops down toward the mouse at an angle of 30 degrees. How high was the branch the hawk was sitting on (to the nearest foot)?

• 9 ft

• 30 ft

• 17 ft

• 25 ft

After traveling 400m from a runway, a plane is 300m above the ground. Calculate its angle of elevation.

• 50
• 0.053
• 36.9
• 95

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The angle of depression from the top of a flag stick to a golf ball on the ground is 24^o. If the flagstick is 6 feet tall, how far away is the golf ball from the base of the flag stick?

• 13.5 ft
• 12.3
• 9.8
• 15.1

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Monica is stuck at the top of a Ferris wheel. Her mother is standing 38 feet from the base of the wheel watching her. If the angle of elevation from Monica's mom to Monica is 73^o, how far off the ground is Monica?

• 118.2 ft

• 120.9 ft

• 124.3 ft

• 126.5 ft

• 2,018.3 ft
• 2,144.5 ft
• 1,921.4 ft
• 2,218.9 ft

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• 41.7 ft
• 29.4 ft
• 22.5 ft
• 40.5

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Andrew is at the top of a tower 20 m high, when he sees a ball on the ground. He has to turn his head 42° down to view the ball from the top of the tower. How far is the ball from the base of the tower?

• 18.01 m

• 29.89 m

• 13.38 m

• 22.21 m