A carpenter wants to build a handicap ramp over a set of steps that is 12 feet long and 5 feet high. This is the length of the ramp ?
What is 13 feet
A 90-foot escalator rises 28 feet vertically. What is the angle of elevation that the escalator makes with the floor?
What is 18.1 degrees.
A 20-ft ladder is leaning against a wall. If the ladder is 12 ft from the base of the wall, This is the height above the ground the top of the ladder
What is 16 feet
An 8-foot ladder is placed against a building at an angle of 46˚. How far up the building will the ladder reach?
What is 5.6 feet
A treasure chest is buried 150 feet under a building. If you start digging 850 feet from the building, at what angle of depression must you dig to reach the chest?
What is 10 degrees.
A hot-air balloon pilot sights the landing field from a height of 2000 feet. The angle of depression is 24˚. To the nearest foot, what is the distance from the hot-air balloon to the landing field?
What is 4917.2 feet.
A surveyor measuring the tallest tree in a park is 100 feet from the tree. His angle-measuring device is 5 feet above the ground. The angle of elevation to the top of the tree is 48˚. How tall is the tree?
What is 116.1 feet.