Directions: Like the Nike ads say, "Just Do It!" You MUST refer to the links at the bottom of the page to find the necessary information to be able to answer each question. You MUST draw a diagram for each question. You MUST round each answer to the nearest tenth place.
1) You are lying on the ground 100 feet from the base of the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown. What is the angle of elevation when you are looking at the top of the monument?
2) You go to Purgatory Chasm with your friend and decide to measure the length of the path to the bottom of the chasm. You are both surprised to find out that you have to walk exactly 100 feet to get to the lowest point of the chasm. What is the angle of depression that you climb down to the lowest point of the chasm?
3) You are out for a day on the ocean on your Boston Whaler and you anchor 50 yards from Minot's Lighthouse. You notice that you are the same elevation as the base of the lighthouse itself. As you look up at the blinking light, you wonder, "What is the angle of elevation?"
4) You are standing on the 50 yard line at the Hull High School football field. The beginning of the end-zone is 30 yards from the wind turbine. At what angle would you have to look up to see the top of the windmill?
5) You are standing on the top of the Green Monster. You throw a string down to your friend who is standing on the field. The string is 300 feet long. What is the angle of depression created by the string going down to the field?
Process
Directions: Like the Nike ads say, "Just Do It!" You MUST refer to the links at the bottom of the page to find the necessary information to be able to answer each question. You MUST draw a diagram for each question. You MUST round each answer to the nearest tenth place.
1) You are lying on the ground 100 feet from the base of the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown. What is the angle of elevation when you are looking at the top of the monument?
2) You go to Purgatory Chasm with your friend and decide to measure the length of the path to the bottom of the chasm. You are both surprised to find out that you have to walk exactly 100 feet to get to the lowest point of the chasm. What is the angle of depression that you climb down to the lowest point of the chasm?
3) You are out for a day on the ocean on your Boston Whaler and you anchor 50 yards from Minot's Lighthouse. You notice that you are the same elevation as the base of the lighthouse itself. As you look up at the blinking light, you wonder, "What is the angle of elevation?"
4) You are standing on the 50 yard line at the Hull High School football field. The beginning of the end-zone is 30 yards from the wind turbine. At what angle would you have to look up to see the top of the windmill?
5) You are standing on the top of the Green Monster. You throw a string down to your friend who is standing on the field. The string is 300 feet long. What is the angle of depression created by the string going down to the field?
Links:
Bunker Hill Monument
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Monument
Purgatory Chasm –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory_Chasm_State_Reservation
Minot Light –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minot_light
Hull Windmills –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemberton_Point
Green Monster –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Monster