Angles of Elevation and Depression

Is the image an angle of elevation or depression?

• Angle of Elevation

• Angle of Depression

Is the image an angle of elevation or depression?

• Angle of Elevation

• Angle of Depression

Is the image an angle of elevation or depression?

• Angle of Elevation

• Angle of Depression

The angle of 12^o is a(n)

• angle of elevation
• angle of depression
• neither
• both

Which of the following is a right triangle?

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.6

CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

Students are trying to determine the height of the flagpole at Arlington High. They have measured out a horizontal distance of 40 feet from the flagpole and site the top of it at an angle of elevation of 52 degrees.

• look up

• look down

Susan is flying a kite, which gets caught in the top of a tree.

• angle of elevation

• angle of 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.

• angle of elevation

• angle of depression

A yacht is anchored 90 feet offshore from the base of a lighthouse.  The angle of elevation from the boat to the top of the lighthouse is 26 degrees.  The distance between the yacht and the top of the lighthouse is about 100 feet.  Which of these is nearest to the height of the lighthouse? 

• 25 feet
• 45 feet 
• 110 feet 
• 135 feet 

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.6

CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

From point A to the plane is an ...

• angle of elevation

• angle of depression