Examples Word Problems for INVERSE Sine Cosine and

Examples: Word Problems for INVERSE Sine, Cosine, and Tangent(Angle of Elevation/Depression) 1. A 24 foot ladder is leaning against a 18 ft wall. Find the angle of elevation from the base of the ladder to the top of the wall. 2. A boat has drifted away 40 ft from its anchor. If the water is 57 ft deep where the anchor was originally dropped , find the angle of depression between the rope and the top of the water. 3. A man that is 6 ft tall casts a shadow that is 15 ft long. Find the angle of elevation with the sun. 4. Using the situation in #1 above, if the wall is 75 feet and the distance between the base of the ladder and the base of the wall is 46 feet, find the angle of depression from the top of the ladder to the base of the wall. 5. A boat has drifted 21 ft from its anchor. If the length of the rope fully extended is 26 ft, find the angle of elevation from the anchor to the boat.

PRACTICE - Word Problems for INVERSE Sine, Cosine, and Tangent(Angle of Elevation/Depression) 1. A 15 ft ladder is leaning against a wall. If the ladder is pulled out 11 ft from the wall, find the angle of depression. 2. A boat has drifted away 24 ft from its anchor. If the length of the rope fully extended is 34 ft , find the angle of depression. 3. A tree that is 14 ft tall casts a shadow that is 18 ft long. Find the angle of elevation. 4. A 25 ft ladder is leaning against a wall that is 17 ft. Find the angle of elevation. 5. A boat has drifted 54 ft from its anchor. If the depth of the water where the anchor was originally dropped is 33 ft, find the angle of depression.

PRACTICE - Word Problems for INVERSE Sine, Cosine, and Tangent(Angle of Elevation/Depression) 6. A 52 ft flagpole casts a shadow that is 39 ft long. Find the angle of depression. 7. A ladder is leaning against a wall that is 40 ft tall. If the base of the ladder is pulled out 19 ft from the base of the wall, find the angle of elevation. 8. A boat has drifted 64 ft from its anchor. If the length of the rope fully extended is 84 ft, find the angle of elevation. 9. A 94 ft tall building casts a shadow that is 75 ft long. Find the angle of elevation.

TOTD - Word Problems for INVERSE Sine, Cosine, and Tangent(Angle of Elevation/Depression) 1. A 12 ft flagpole casts a shadow that is 10 ft long. Find the angle of elevation. 2. A 32 ft ladder is leaning against a wall that is 27 ft tall. Find the angle of depression. 3. A boat has drifted 37 ft from its anchor. If the length of the rope fully extended is 53 ft. , find the angle of elevation.