Question: 11. My oak tree casts a shadow 30 m long. The angle of elevation of the sun to a certain time of the day is

11. My oak tree casts a shadow 30 m long. The
11. My oak tree casts a shadow 30 m long. The angle of elevation of the sun to a certain time of the day is 58 . What is the height of my oak tree? 12. An army helicopter is hovering over a landing pad, which is 150 meters from where a soldier is standing. The helicopter's angle of elevation with the ground is 180. What is the altitude of the helicopter? 13. Pedro was flying a kite and have let out 90 m of string. The kite's angle of elevation with the ground is 50. If the string is stretched straight, how high is the kite above the ground? 14. A guy wire reaches from the top of a 160 m television transmitter tower to the ground. The wire makes a 650 angle with the ground. Find the length of the guy wire? 15. A 15 m pole is leaning against a wall. The foot of the pole is 12 m from the wall. Find the angle of elevation the pole makes with the ground. 16. A passenger plane climbs at an angle of 20 with the ground. Find the ground distance the plane travels as it moves 3500 m through the air. Give you answer to the nearest meter. 17. A lighthouse operator at point A, 45 meters above the sea level sights a sailboat at point B. The angle of depression of the sighting is 150. How far is the boat from the base of the lighthouse? Give answer to the nearest meter. 18. A hunter is 100 meters away from the bottom of a cliff. He then looks up at an angle of elevation of 70 and spots a deer. How far is the deer from the hunter? Answer to the nearest meter. 19. The Goodyear blimp hovers over the football stadium at an altitude of 360 feet. The pilot sights the score board at an angle of depression of 250. What is the distance from the pilot to the score board? Answer to the nearest meter. 20. A man is standing 150 meters from a tree and looking at the top of the tree at an angle of elevation of 350. What is the height of the tree to the nearest meter

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