SOHCAHTOA | Angles of Depression and Elevation | Word Problems |
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What is adjacent over hypotenuse
cosine
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What angle is equal to the angle of depression?
angle of elevation.
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If a ramp needs to be built from a point 10 feet away from a 20 foot high building and the ramp must touch the top of the building, how steep must the ramp be?
about 63 degrees
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What is hypotenuse over opposite
arc sine
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What is the angle that is outside of the triangle instead of the one that is inside?
angle of depression
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If you are standing 20 feet from the base of a statue and the angle of elevation from your eyes to the statue's top is 40 degrees, how tall is the statue?
about 17 feet
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What is the inverse of tangent
adjacent / opposite
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If an acute angle measures the degree from the top of a building to the bottom of it, is the angle depression or elevation?
elevation
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If you are standing at the top of a 20 foot high cliff and looking at a rock 100 feet away from the base of the cliff, what is the angle of depression of your eyes?
about 11 degrees
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