SOHCAHTOA Angles of Depression and Elevation Word Problems
100
What is adjacent over hypotenuse
cosine
100
What angle is equal to the angle of depression?
angle of elevation.
100
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
200
What is hypotenuse over opposite
arc sine
200
What is the angle that is outside of the triangle instead of the one that is inside?
angle of depression
200
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
300
What is the inverse of tangent
adjacent / opposite
300
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
300
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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