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Section 2 – Right Triangle Trigonometry Word Problems

Section 2 – Right Triangle Trigonometry Word Problems. A surveyor is standing 50 feet from the base of a large tree. The surveyor measures the angle of elevation to the top of the tree as . How tall is the tree?. 50. X. 40. 30.

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Section 2 – Right Triangle Trigonometry Word Problems

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  1. Section 2 – Right Triangle Trigonometry Word Problems

  2. A surveyor is standing 50 feet from the base of a large tree. The surveyor measures the angle of elevation to the top of the tree as . How tall is the tree? 50 X

  3. 40 30 A 40-foot flagpole casts a 30 foot shadow. Find the angle of elevation of the sun.

  4. From a point 50 feet away from the entrance to Lincoln-Way East, Yugo measured the angle of elevation to the top of the building to be . How tall is the building? X 50

  5. X Pat wanted to measure the height of the flagpole at Lincoln-Way East. From a point, he measured the angle of elevation of the flagpole to be . He then moved back 15 feet and found the angle of elevation from there to be . How tall is the flagpole? y 15

  6. 24.955 feet

  7. A student looks out a second-story window and sees the top of the flagpole at an angle of elevation of . The student is 18 feet above the ground and 50 feet from the flagpole. Find the height of the flagpole. X 18 50

  8. From points A and B, 10 feet apart, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower are and . Find the tower’s height. X 10 B A y

  9. X = 21.496 feet

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