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2. Five-Minute Check (over Lesson 8–4) NGSSS Then/Now New Vocabulary
Example 1: Angle of Elevation
Example 2: Angle of Depression
Example 3: Use Two Angles of Elevation or Depression
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3. A B C D Use a calculator to find tan 54°. A. 0.6738 B. 0.7432
5-Minute Check 1

4. Find mB to the nearest tenth of a degree if cos B = 0
Find mB to the nearest tenth of a degree if cos B = and B is an acute angle.
A. 63.2
B. 26.8
C. 18.4 D A B C D
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5. A B C D Find x. Round to the nearest tenth. A. 14.1 B. 17.4 C. 19.4
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6. A B C D Find x. Round to the nearest tenth. A. 9.5 B. 15.9 C. 23.7
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7. A B C D Find x. Round to the nearest tenth. A. 34.7 B. 43.8 C. 46.2
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8. A B C D Use a special right triangle to express sin 45° as a fraction.
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9. MA.912.G.5.4 Solve real-world problems involving right triangles.
LA The student will listen to, read, and discuss familiar and conceptually challenging text.
MA.912.G.5.4 Solve real-world problems involving right triangles.
NGSSS

10. Solve problems involving angles of elevation and depression.
You used similar triangles to measure distances indirectly. (Lesson 7–3)
Solve problems involving angles of elevation and depression.
Use angles of elevation and depression to find the distance between two objects.
Then/Now

11. angle of elevation
angle of depression
Vocabulary

12. Angle of Elevation
CIRCUS ACTS At the circus, a person in the audience at ground level watches the high-wire routine. A 5-foot-6-inch tall acrobat is standing on a platform that is 25 feet off the ground. How far is the audience member from the base of the platform, if the angle of elevation from the audience member’s line of sight to the top of the acrobat is 27°?
Make a drawing.
Example 1

13. Multiply both sides by x.
Angle of Elevation
Since QR is 25 feet and RS is 5 feet 6 inches or 5.5 feet, QS is 30.5 feet. Let x represent PQ.
Multiply both sides by x.
Divide both sides by tan
Simplify.
Example 1

14. Angle of Elevation
Answer: The audience member is about 60 feet from the base of the platform.
Example 1

15. DIVING At a diving competition, a 6-foot-tall diver stands atop the 32-foot platform. The front edge of the platform projects 5 feet beyond the ends of the pool. The pool itself is 50 feet in length. A camera is set up at the opposite end of the pool even with the pool’s edge. If the camera is angled so that its line of sight extends to the top of the diver’s head, what is the camera’s angle of elevation to the nearest degree? A B C D
A. 37°
B. 35°
C. 40°
D. 50°
Example 1

16. Make a sketch of the situation.
Angle of Depression
DISTANCE Maria is at the top of a cliff and sees a seal in the water. If the cliff is 40 feet above the water and the angle of depression is 52°, what is the horizontal distance from the seal to the cliff, to the nearest foot?
Make a sketch of the situation.
Since are parallel, mBAC = mACD by the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem.
Example 2

17. Angle of Depression
Let x represent the horizontal distance from the seal to the cliff, DC.
c = 52°; AD = 40, and DC = x
Multiply each side by x.
Example 2

18. Divide each side by tan 52°.
Angle of Depression
Divide each side by tan 52°.
Answer: The seal is about 31 feet from the cliff.
Example 2

19. Luisa is in a hot air balloon 30 feet above the ground
Luisa is in a hot air balloon 30 feet above the ground. She sees the landing spot at an angle of depression of 34. What is the horizontal distance between the hot air balloon and the landing spot to the nearest foot?
A. 19 ft
B. 20 ft
C. 44 ft
D. 58 ft A B C D
Example 2

20. Use Two Angles of Elevation or Depression
DISTANCE Vernon is on the top deck of a cruise ship and observes two dolphins following each other directly away from the ship in a straight line. Vernon’s position is 154 meters above sea level, and the angles of depression to the two dolphins are 35° and 36°. Find the distance between the two dolphins to the nearest meter.
Example 3

21. Use Two Angles of Elevation or Depression
Understand ΔMLK and ΔMLJ are right triangles. The distance between the dolphins is JK or JL – KL. Use the right triangles to find these two lengths.
Plan Because are horizontal lines, they are parallel. Thus, and because they are alternate interior angles. This means that
Example 3

22. Multiply each side by JL.
Use Two Angles of Elevation or Depression
Solve
Multiply each side by JL.
Divide each side by tan
Use a calculator.
Example 3

23. Multiply each side by KL.
Use Two Angles of Elevation or Depression
Multiply each side by KL.
Divide each side by tan
Use a calculator.
Answer: The distance between the dolphins is JK – KL. JL – KL ≈ – , or about 8 meters.
Example 3

24. Madison looks out her second-floor window, which is 15 feet above the ground. She observes two parked cars. One car is parked along the curb directly in front of her window and the other car is parked directly across the street from the first car. The angles of depression of Madison’s line of sight to the cars are 17° and 31°. Find the distance between the two cars to the nearest foot. A B C D
A. 14 ft
B. 24 ft
C. 37 ft
D. 49 ft
Example 3

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