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Worksheet Angle Elevation and Depression

This document contains two sets of word problems involving angles of elevation and depression. Set A contains 5 problems asking students to draw diagrams, use elevation/depression angles to find missing values like heights or distances. Set B contains 5 similar problems asking students to find missing angle measures, heights, or distances using elevation/depression angles. The student is asked to represent each problem pictorially and use the angle relationships to solve for the unknown value.

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Worksheet Angle Elevation and Depression

This document contains two sets of word problems involving angles of elevation and depression. Set A contains 5 problems asking students to draw diagrams, use elevation/depression angles to find missing values like heights or distances. Set B contains 5 similar problems asking students to find missing angle measures, heights, or distances using elevation/depression angles. The student is asked to represent each problem pictorially and use the angle relationships to solve for the unknown value.

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Set A

Name: __________________________________________________ Grade/section: ______________


Angle of Elevation and Depression Worksheet
Draw a picture to represent each situation, then use angles of elevation or depression to find the
missing value.
1. At a point on the ground 50 feet from the front of a tree, the angle of elevation to the top of the
tree is 48°. Find the height of the tree.

2. A ladder is leaning against a wall. The foot of the ladder is 6.5 feet from the wall. The ladder makes
an angle of 74° with the level ground. How high on the wall does the ladder reach?

3. A wooden beam 24 feet long leans against a wall and makes and angle of 71° with the ground. How
high up the wall does the beam reach?

4. A plane took off from a field and rose at an angle of 8° with the horizontal ground. As the plane
flies over a water tower, it has covered a distance from the take off point of 2000 feet. How far apart
are the take off point and the water tower?

5. A 20 foot ladder leans against a building and makes an angle of 72° with the ground. Find the
distance between the foot of the ladder and the building.
Set B

Name: __________________________________________________ Grade/section: ______________


Angle of Elevation and Depression Worksheet
Draw a picture to represent each situation, then use angles of elevation or depression to find the
missing value.

1. A straight road to the top of a hill is 2500 feet long and makes an angle of 12° with the
horizontal. Find the height of the hill.

2. Find the measure of the angle of elevation of the sun when a boy 5 feet tall casts a shadow 5
feet long.

3. Find the measure of the angle of elevation of the sun when a vertical post 15 feet tall casts a
shadow 20 feet long.

4. After takeoff, a plane flies in a straight line for a distance of 4000 feet in order to gain an
altitude of 800 feet. Find the angle of elevation from the ground to the plane.

5. A 40 foot ladder which is leaning against a wall reaches the wall at a point 36 feet above the
ground. Find the measure of the angle created between the ladder and the ground.

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