Angle of Depression Worksheet
This worksheet focuses on understanding and calculating the angle of depression in various real-world scenarios for 8th-grade students.
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Angle of Depression Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and show all your work. Round your answers to two decimal places where necessary.
1. The angle of depression is the angle between the line of sight and the line from an observer to an object below.
2. When looking down from a cliff at a boat in the water, the angle formed is the angle of .
3. A person standing on top of a 50-meter lighthouse observes a boat at sea. If the angle of depression to the boat is 25°, how far is the boat from the base of the lighthouse?
4. From the top of a 75-foot building, an observer looks down at a car on the street. If the car is 100 feet away from the base of the building, what is the angle of depression to the nearest degree?
37°
53°
45°
60°
5. An airplane is flying at an altitude of 3000 feet. The pilot spots a runway at an angle of depression of 15°. What is the horizontal distance from the airplane to the runway?