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This document discusses angles of elevation and depression. It defines an angle of elevation as the angle formed between a horizontal line and a line of sight to a point above the line. An angle of depression is the angle formed between a horizontal line and a line of sight to a point below the line. The document uses examples to demonstrate how to classify angles as elevation or depression and how to use tangent ratios and given angle measurements to calculate unknown distances.

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This document discusses angles of elevation and depression. It defines an angle of elevation as the angle formed between a horizontal line and a line of sight to a point above the line. An angle of depression is the angle formed between a horizontal line and a line of sight to a point below the line. The document uses examples to demonstrate how to classify angles as elevation or depression and how to use tangent ratios and given angle measurements to calculate unknown distances.

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Angles of Elevation and Depression

Warm Up
1. Identify the pairs of alternate
interior angles.
2 and 7; 3 and 6

2. Use your calculator to find tan 30° to the


nearest hundredth. 0.58
3. Solve . Round to the nearest
hundredth.
1816.36

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Angles of Elevation and Depression

Objective
Solve problems involving angles of
elevation and angles of depression.

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Angles of Elevation and Depression

Vocabulary
angle of elevation
angle of depression

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Angles of Elevation and Depression

An angle of elevation is the angle formed by a


horizontal line and a line of sight to a point above
the line. In the diagram, 1 is the angle of elevation
from the tower T to the plane P.
An angle of depression is the angle formed by a
horizontal line and a line of sight to a point below
the line. 2 is the angle of depression from the
plane to the tower.

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Angles of Elevation and Depression

Since horizontal lines are parallel, 1  2 by the


Alternate Interior Angles Theorem. Therefore, the
angle of elevation from one point is congruent
to the angle of depression from the other point.

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Example 1A: Classifying Angles of Elevation and
Depression

Classify each angle as an


angle of elevation or an
angle of depression.
1

1 is formed by a horizontal line and a line of


sight to a point below the line. It is an angle of
depression.

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Angles of Elevation and Depression
Example 1B: Classifying Angles of Elevation and
Depression

Classify each angle as an


angle of elevation or an
angle of depression.
4

4 is formed by a horizontal line and a line of sight


to a point above the line. It is an angle of elevation.

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Check It Out! Example 1

Use the diagram above to


classify each angle as an angle
of elevation or angle of
depression.
1a. 5
5 is formed by a horizontal line and a line of
sight to a point below the line. It is an angle of
depression.
1b. 6
6 is formed by a horizontal line and a line of sight
to a point above the line. It is an angle of elevation.
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Angles of Elevation and Depression
Example 2: Finding Distance by Using Angle of
Elevation
The Seattle Space Needle casts a 67-
meter shadow. If the angle of
elevation from the tip of the shadow
to the top of the Space Needle is
70º, how tall is the Space Needle?
Round to the nearest meter.
Draw a sketch to represent the
given information. Let A
represent the tip of the shadow,
and let B represent the top of
the Space Needle. Let y be the
height of the Space Needle.

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Example 2 Continued

You are given the side adjacent to


A, and y is the side opposite A.
So write a tangent ratio.

y = 67 tan 70° Multiply both sides by 67.

y  184 m Simplify the expression.

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Check It Out! Example 2
What if…? Suppose the plane is at an altitude of
3500 ft and the angle of elevation from the airport to
the plane is 29°. What is the horizontal distance
between the plane and the airport? Round to the
nearest foot.
You are given the side opposite
A, and x is the side adjacent to
A. So write a tangent ratio.
Multiply both sides by x and
divide by tan 29°.
x  6314 ft Simplify the expression. 3500 ft

29°

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Example 3: Finding Distance by Using Angle of
Depression

An ice climber stands at the edge of a


crevasse that is 115 ft wide. The angle of
depression from the edge where she stands to
the bottom of the opposite side is 52º. How
deep is the crevasse at this point? Round to
the nearest foot.

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Angles of Elevation and Depression
Example 3 Continued

Draw a sketch to represent


the given information. Let C
represent the ice climber and
let B represent the bottom of
the opposite side of the
crevasse. Let y be the depth
of the crevasse.

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Example 3 Continued

By the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem, mB = 52°.

Write a tangent ratio.

y = 115 tan 52° Multiply both sides by 115.

y  147.19 ft Simplify the expression.

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•From
  one of the upper floors of a
building, the angle of depression of the
top and bottom of a monument are found
to be and , respectively. If a window from
which the observation was made is 36m
above the ground, how high is the
monument?

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