1 - Ms. Smith's Geometry Website



Steps:Draw a pictureSet up the trig ratioPut your answer in radical and decimal form (if applicable). Don’t forget the units of measurement! 1. A ramp to a building has a height of 4 feet and the angle of elevation is 33o. How long is the ramp? 2 .An equilateral triangle has a side length of 13 feet. Find the height of the triangle.3. Lenny is planning to cut down a pine tree, and he wants to make sure that the tree will not hit his truck when it falls. The tree casts a shadow that is 150 feet long, and the angle of elevation from the base of the shadow to the top of the tree is 50°.How tall is the tree?If Lenny parked his truck 90 feet away from the base of the tree, should he move his truck?4. In a large theater, the stairs have an angle of elevation of 27o. If the theater is 50 feet long, how tall is the highest seat?5. A kite is flown with 240 yards of string. The angle of elevation of the string is 55?. How high above the ground is the kite?445770059690ABD54?2800ABD54?286. Find the perimeter of trapezoid ABCD6000115119380C00C445770017081535°82 feet0035°82 feet7. The angle of depression from the top of a flag pole to a point on the ground is 35°. If the point on the ground is 82 feet from the base of the flag pole, how tall is the pole?8. A 5.5 foot person standing 10 feet from a street light casts a 14 foot shadow. What is the height of the streetlight? 31610302019305.514shadowx?10005.514shadowx?103657600147320ABCD00ABCD9.Find the length of side AC given:* Be sure to look over both worksheets of word problems!! * ................
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