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Worksheet: Angles of Elevation and Depression
Q1:
A flag is hung 22 meters up a flagpole. As the flag is raised, the angle of elevation from a point 21 meters away from the base of the flagpole to the flag is . Find the increase in height of the flag giving the answer to two decimal places.
Q2:
If a 20-feet building has a 55-foot shadow, what is the angle of elevation of the top of the building from the tip of the shadow?
Q3:
A ship was approaching a 49-metre-high lighthouse. At point , the angle of elevation to the top of the lighthouse was 0.44 rad, and, 12 minutes later, at point , it was 0.3 rad. Find the uniform speed of the ship from to giving the answer in metres per minute to one decimal place.
Q4:
A plane took off from a runway at an angle of elevation of . It continued to climb at the same constant angle. After 45 seconds, the plane reached a perpendicular height of meters. What distance has the plane traveled in this time? Give your answer to two decimal places.
Q5:
A body’s angle of depression from the top of a tower 77 meters tall is . Find the distance between the body and the base of the tower given both the body and the tower’s base are located on the same horizontal level. Give the answer to the nearest metre.
Q6:
A building is 8 meters tall. The angle of elevation from the top of the building to the top of a tree is and the angle of depression from the top of the building to the base of the tree is . Find the distance between the base of the building and the base of the tree giving the answer to two decimal places.
- A 5.18 m
- B 10.49 m
- C 6.10 m
- D 5.00 m
- E 9.43 m
Q7:
The angle of elevation to the top of a skyscraper from a 30 m high house is . The base of the house is 45 meters away from the base of the skyscraper. Find the height of the skyscraper giving the answer to two decimal places.
Q8:
Two points on the ground lie collinearly on either side of a flagpole 29 meters tall. The angles of elevation from the two points to the top of the flagpole are and . Find the distance between the two points giving the answer to one decimal place.
Q9:
Amelia and Noah stand at the base of a building on a flat, level ground. They both look up at a television antenna fixed at the top of the building. Amelia stands 30 feet from a point at the base of the building and Noah stands 25 feet away from that point. The angle of elevation from the floor where Amelia stands to the TV antenna is . Answer the following, giving your solutions to two decimal places.
Work out the height of the building.
Work out the angle of elevation from the point where Noah stands to the TV antenna.
Q10:
A man was standing on the ground 28 m away from the base of a tower that had a flagpole on its top. He measured the angles of elevation of the top and the base of the flagpole and found them to be and respectively. Find the height of the flagpole giving the answer to the nearest meter neglecting the height of the man.
- A 6 m
- B 39 m
- C 9 m
- D 15 m
- E 1 m
Q11:
A point on the ground lies 129 meters away from the base of a tower. The angle of elevation from the point to the top of the tower is . Find the additional height of the tower needed for the angle of elevation to be from the point. Give the answer to the nearest meter.
- A 199 m
- B 94 m
- C 292 m
- D 105 m
Q12:
Two points on the ground lie collinearly on either side of a flagpole 5 meters tall. The angles of elevation from the two points to the top of the flagpole are and . Find the distance between the two points in metres, giving the answer correct to one decimal place.
Q13:
Olivia wants to calculate the height of a tree in her garden. She stands at a perpendicular distance of 20 meters from the base of the tree. Using a clinometer, she measures the angle of elevation from the ground to the top of the tree as . Work out the height of the tree. Give your solution to two decimal places.
Q14:
The base of a house is 24 meters away from the base of a tower 110 meters high. The angle of depression from the top of the tower to the top of the house is . Find the height of the house giving the answer to the nearest meter.
- A 92 m
- B 94 m
- C 83 m
- D 89 m
Q15:
The height of a lighthouse is 60 meters. The angles of elevation between two boats in the sea and the top of the lighthouse are and , respectively. Find the distance between the two boats giving the answer to the nearest meter.
- A 28 m
- B 15 m
- C 9 m
- D 34 m
Q16:
Anthony and Victoria want to find the height of a statue. Anthony stands 5 meters from the base of the statue and measures the angle of elevation, from the ground, to be . Victoria stands directly behind Anthony, she measures the angle of elevation, from the ground, to be . They both calculate the same height for the statue. How far behind Anthony must Victoria be standing? Give your solution to two decimal places.
Q17:
From a point on the ground, the angle of elevation to the top of a tower that is 67 meters high is . Another point is meters horizontally closer to the base of the tower, where the angle of elevation is . Find the value of , giving your answer to the nearest meter.
- A 44 m
- B 136 m
- C 92 m
- D 49 m