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    The document defines angles of elevation and depression. An angle of elevation is formed between the horizontal line of sight and an object looked up at, while an angle of depression is formed between the horizontal line and an object looked down at. Trigonometry can be used to solve problems involving these angles, such as finding the distance to an object given its height and the angle of elevation or depression. An example problem demonstrates using tangent to calculate distance from a cliff given its height and the angle of depression.

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    The document defines angles of elevation and depression. An angle of elevation is formed between the horizontal line of sight and an object looked up at, while an angle of depression is formed between the horizontal line and an object looked down at. Trigonometry can be used to solve problems involving these angles, such as finding the distance to an object given its height and the angle of elevation or depression. An example problem demonstrates using tangent to calculate distance from a cliff given its height and the angle of depression.

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    The document defines angles of elevation and depression. An angle of elevation is formed between the horizontal line of sight and an object looked up at, while an angle of depression is formed between the horizontal line and an object looked down at. Trigonometry can be used to solve problems involving these angles, such as finding the distance to an object given its height and the angle of elevation or depression. An example problem demonstrates using tangent to calculate distance from a cliff given its height and the angle of depression.

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    The document defines angles of elevation and depression. An angle of elevation is formed between the horizontal line of sight and an object looked up at, while an angle of depression is formed between the horizontal line and an object looked down at. Trigonometry can be used to solve problems involving these angles, such as finding the distance to an object given its height and the angle of elevation or depression. An example problem demonstrates using tangent to calculate distance from a cliff given its height and the angle of depression.

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    Angles of elevation and depression

    If a person stands and looks up at an object, the angle of elevation is the


    angle between the horizontal line of sight and the object.

    Object

    Angle of elevation

    ----------------------------------------- Horizontal

    If a person stands and looks down at an object, the angle of depression is


    the angle between the horizontal line of sight and the object.

    ---------------------------------------------- Horizontal

    Angle of depression

    Object

    Trigonometry can be used to solve problems that use an angle


    of elevation or depression (always use the ratios).
    EXAMPLE

    1. We know the height of the cliff, 60 m.


    2. We know the angle of depression 12o
    3. We are looking for the distance between the cliff and the house (the adjacent)

    60

    tan120 =_______

    tan120 x X = 60 (we always multiply the numenator of the first fraction with the
    denominator of the other fraction)

    60

    x = ________ (divide both sides by tan12)

    tan12

    x = 282 m.

    WE FOLLOW THE SAME STEPS WITH THE ANGLES OF ELEVATION

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