1. A blimp is flying 500 ft above the ground
A blimp is flying 500 ft above the ground. A person on the ground sees the blimp by looking up at a angle. Find the ground distance from the blimp to the person.
265.0 ft. vertical
424.0 ft. horizontal

2. A chair lift on a ski slope has an angle of elevation of and covers a diagonal distance of 4040 feet. To the nearest foot, what is the vertical height covered by the chair lift?
ft.

3. The captain of a boat knows that a lighthouse on the coast is 120 ft tall. If the angle of elevation is , how far is the boat from the lighthouse?
ft.

4. A forest ranger looking out from a ranger’s station can see a forest fire at a angle of depression. The ranger’s position is 100 ft above the ground. How far is it along the ground from the ranger’s station to the fire?
329.7 ft.

5. An airplane pilot can see the top of a traffic control tower at a angle of depression. The distance along the pilot’s line of sight is 5,000 ft. How far above the tower is the airplane?
142.8 ft.

6. You are flying a kite at a angle of elevation
You are flying a kite at a angle of elevation. How long is the string to the kite if the kite is 50 feet above you?
ft.

7. A slide is 8 feet long. The angle of elevation from the foot of the slide to the top of the slide’s ladder is How tall is the ladder of the slide?
118.3 ft.

8. On the observation platform in the crown of the Statue of Liberty, a man is approximately 250 ft above ground. He sights a ship in New York harbor and measures the angle of depression at Find the distance from the ship to the base of the statue.
6.4 ft.

9. A meteorologist measures the angle of elevation of a weather balloon at A radio signal from the balloon indicates that it is 1503 m from her location (this is the diagonal measure). How far is she from a point directly below the balloon?
769.4 ft.

10. A bird is sitting at the top of an 18 foot tall tree
A bird is sitting at the top of an 18 foot tall tree. It spots a cat at an angle of depression of How far is the cat from the base of the tree? m

11. Fred carries a box up a metal ramp into the back of a truck
Fred carries a box up a metal ramp into the back of a truck. The ramp is 6 meters long and the bottom of the ramp makes a angle with the ground. How many meters high is the ramp off the ground where it touches the truck?
23.9 ft.

12. A car is driving up a hill that is 500 feet long at an angle of elevation of To the nearest foot, what is the vertical distance covered by the car? What is the horizontal distance covered by the car?
2.8 m