Angles of Elevation and Depression

By Justin Fernando, Jason Zhang, Yashar Ghaffarloo, and Bill Yang.

Justin Fernando-Mt. Everest

A hiker is standing in front of Mt. Everest. The mountain is 29,029 feet tall. A hiker is standing in front of the mountain. The hiker is 6 feet tall. He can see the top of the mountain if he 6 ft lifts his head up 40 degrees.
How far away is he from the mountain?

40 degrees ???????????

29029 ft

Answer
The hiker is 34595.4 feet away from the mountain because if you use law of sines the equation will be sin40/29029=sin50 /x. Then you cross-multiply and make x by itself on one side so it is x=29029sin40/sin4 0 which is simplified and rounded to 34595.4 feet. Sin40 = sin50 29029 X 29029sin50=xsin40 29029sin50 = x Sin40 34595.4=x 34595.4 feet use law of sines cross-multiply divide sin 40 from both sides simplify

Jason Zhang-Leaning Tower of Pisa

Bob is standing under the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He looks up and gets hit by a bunch of bird poop that fell from the top of the tower. If Bob is 6 feet tall, how far did the poop fall? 86

185 feet 114 ??????? ???????

6 feet

Answer
The poop fell 178.5 feet because you have to use law of sines to get your equation, then you crossmultiply. The you divide both sides by sin90 and simplify and round. Then you have to subtract Bobs height to get 178.5 feet. Sin86=Sin90 X 185 185sin86=xsin90 185sin86=x sin90 184.549=x use law of sines cross-multiply divide both sides by sin90 simplify

184.549-6=x
178.5 feet

subtract Bobs height

The highest point of the Tehran International Tower is 162 meters higher than the end of a road. The peak rises above a point 852 meters from the end of a restaurant. Johns friend bets him that his new toy helicopter cant get from the farthest point of the restaurant to the direction of the tower at an angle that is kept constant until the peak is cleared using his remote control helicopter. If he can, C then he gets $50. What angle should John fly the helicopter if he wants to clear the tower by 36 feet and win the $50?

Yashar Ghaffarloo- Tehran International Tower

L 36 meters

162 meters ?????? R

852 meters

Answer
John should fly his helicopter at an angle of about 13.1 degrees because Tan of C= 198/852 which is inverse of tan(198/852) and if you use a calculator it equals about 13.0829 which rounds off to 13.1 degrees tanC=198 852 tan-1 (198) 852 13.08299267 equation inversed plug into calculator

13.1

round

Bill Yang-Shaanxi Information Mansion

Bob is standing in front of the Shaanxi Information Mansion. The Mansion is 228 meters tall.

How far away is Bob from the base of the tower if the angle of elevation is 56 degrees?

228 m

Bob

56

Answer
Bob is 153.8 meters away from the mansion because you nave to use tan on the 56 degrees angle and then multiply both sides by X. Then divide both sides by tan56. Then you simplify and round to get 153.8 meters. Tan56=228 X Xtan56=228 Equation Multiply both sides by X

X=228 tan56
X=153.8

Divide both sides by tan56

Simplify and round

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