Trigonometric Functions

PeeWee spots a bird sitting at the top of a 60-foot-tall telephone pole. If the angle of elevation from the ground where he is standing to the bird is 42°, how far is PeeWee standing from the base of the pole?

Answer round to nearest hundredth (JUST NEED THE NUMBER)

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Orenthal sees a lady across the street in her building 25 ft away where he is on his floor. If his angle of elevation to the lady is 30 degrees, and he is 45 feet off the ground, how high is the lady off the ground?

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A shark is swimming 22 feet below sea level. If the angle of depression from a boat on the water to the shark is 34°, what is the horizontal distance between the boat and the shark?

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Big Worm is 16 ft away from his car. If the angle of depression from Big Worm on the parking garage to the car is 12°, what is the vertical distance between the ground and Big Worm?

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A drone flying 1,250 feet above the ground spots an airplane flying above. If the horizontal distance between the drone and airplane is 3,055 feet and the angle of elevation is 71°, find the airplane’s altitude.

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Otis is looking up at the flag on a pole at angle of elevation of 55 degrees. If Otis is 6.75 ft tall and is standing 15 ft away from the flag, how far is the flag above the ground?

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While standing on top of a hill at a ski resort, Pookie spots the ski lodge below. If the vertical height of the hill is 679 feet and the angle of depression is 47°, what distance must Pookie ski to reach the lodge?

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Juanita stretched a cable from the ground to her 47 ft treehouse and both cables are equidistant from the base of the treehouse. If Skeeter is at one cable and Lil Jay is at the other and the angle of depression from Juanita to Skeeter is 26 degrees, how far is Lil Jay from Skeeter?

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