Question

Im very bad with trig word problems and I have a sheet to do. 6 problems. Can someone help me through?

Answer 1

1. A slide 2.8 m long makes an angle of 25 degrees with the ground. How high is the top of the slide above the ground?

2. Liola drives 13 km up a hill that is at a grade of 10 degrees . What horizontal distance, to the nearest tenth of kilometer, has she covered?

3. A 30 ft ladder resting against a building makes a 60 angle with the ground. Find the height from the ground at which the ladder touches the building to the nearest foot.

4. An airplane over the Pacific sights an atoll at a 11degree angle of depression. If the plane is 410 m above water, how many kilometers is it from a point 410 m above the atoll?

5. A lookout spots a fire from a 36 meter tower. The angle of depression from the tower to the fire is 21 degrees. To the nearest meter, how far is the fire from the base of the tower?

6. Find the angle of elevation of the sun when a tree that is 10 yd tall casts a shadow 14 yd long.

Answer 2

ok

Answer 3

1. did you draw it ?

Answer 4

Thanks :)

Answer 5

Not yet, in the middle of drawing the first one out.