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Wkst- Right Triangle Trig Apps

Precalculus

Name:____________________________________

Wkst- Right Triangle Trig Applications

Date:_____________________________________

Recall:

Angle of elevation: represents the angle from the horizontal upward to an object.

Angle of depression: represents the angle from the horizontal downward to an object.

FOR EACH

a) draw and label a picture

b) write an equation and solve

c) round to the thousandths place

You lean a ladder 6.7 meters long against the wall. It makes an angle of 63

with the ground. How far

is the ladder from the base of the building?

Your cat is trapped on a tree branch 6.5 meters above the ground. Your ladder is only 6.7 meters long. If

you place the ladder’s tip on the branch, what angle will the ladder make with the ground?

A guy wire is stretched from the top of a 200 foot broadcasting tower to an anchor making an angle of

58° with the ground. How long is the wire?

You are standing 45 meters from the base of the Empire State Building. You estimate that the angle of

elevation to the top of the 86

floor (the observatory) is 82°. If the total height of the building is another

123 meters above the 86

floor, what is the approximate height of the building? AND One of your

friends is on the 86

floor. What is the distance between you and your friend?

Wkst- Right Triangle Trig Apps