1.
Jessica is standing 20 feet away from a skyscraper in New York when she measures the angle of elevation to the top of the building as 88.8°. To the nearest foot, how tall is the building?
A.
955 feet
B.
48 feet
C.
20 feet
D.
477 feet
Hint
2.
Find
PQ
to the nearest tenth.
A.
58.9
B.
21.9
C.
24.4
D.
44.9
Hint
3.
If Crystal is standing on a 15-foot diving board, and her friend Pablo is 48 feet from the spot in the pool underneath the diving board, what is the angle of depression from Crystal to Pablo, to the nearest tenth of a degree?
A.
17.4°
B.
3.8°
C.
1.2°
D.
72.6°
Hint
4.
Raini is standing on a 40-foot cliff overlooking a river. The angle of depression to the near side of the river is 64°, and the angle of depression to the far side is 35°. How wide is the river, to the nearest tenth of a foot?
A.
37.6 feet
B.
1.4 feet
C.
226.9 feet
D.
13 feet
Hint
5.
ARCHITECTURE The observation deck of the John Hancock Center is 1030 feet above the ground. The Skydeck of the Sears Tower is 1335 feet above the ground. The John Hancock Center is 1.7 miles from the Sears Tower. What is the angle of elevation of someone standing on the observation deck of the John Hancock Center looking up to the Skydeck of the Sears Tower?
A.
37.7°
B.
1.9°
C.
8.5°
D.
6.5°
Hint