Angles Elevation

What is the ratio for cosine?

• H/A
• O/A
• A/H
• A/O

What trigonometric ratio would be used to find the distance from the ship to the plane?

• sine
• cosine
• tangent
• inverse sine

Choose the correct ratio.

• sin(37)=x/14
• cos(37)=x/14
• tan(37)=x/14
• sin(37)=14/x

Solve for the missing angle

• 50
• 0.053
• 36.9
• 95

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

• 19 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 71 degrees

• 138 degrees

Isabella needs a ladder that will reach up a 25 foot tall house when placed 10 feet away from the house. How tall does the ladder need to be?

• 25 feet

• 26 feet

• 27 feet

• 28 feet

Juliane is standing 340 meters away from the base of the Hoover Dam. The angle of elevation to the top of the dam is 33°. Find the height of the dam to the nearest meter.

• 185.18 meters

• 523.55 meters

• 220.80 meters

• 624.27 meters

Mikey is standing at the tee, looking up to the green on a hill. If the tee is 36 yards lower than the green and the angle of elevation from the tee to the hole is 12°, find the distance from the tee to the hole.

• 173.15 yards

• 7.48 yards

• 7.65 yards

• 169.37 yards

When the angle of elevation of the sun is 78 degrees, a statue of Miguel casts a shadow that is 6m long. How far is the top of the statue to the end of its shadow?

• 1.2 m

• 28.9 m

• 6.1 m

• 28.2 m

My dog, Bentley, is playing in the park and sees a tree 100 m away. Since he is the dog of a mathematics teacher, he knows how to calculate the angle of elevation to the top of the tree and finds it to be about 25°. About how tall is the tree?

• 32 m

• 47 m

• 15 m

• 42 m