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Real world problems involving angle of depression

A 50-meter vertical tower is braced with a cable secured at the top of the tower and tied 30 meters from the base. What angle does the cable form with the vertical tower?

From a point 50 m from the base of the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 78o. Find the height of the tower, to the nearest metre.

From the top of a tower, a man finds that the angle of depression of a car on the ground is 30°. If the car is at a distance 40 metres from the tower, find the height of the tower.

You are on top of a building. You look down on the neighboring building at an angle of depression of 30 degrees. Your building is 100 feet tall. The buildings are 30 feet apart. How tall is the other building?

From the top of a vertical cliff 40 m high, the angle of depression of an object that is level with the base of the cliff is 34º. How far is the object from the base of the cliff?

From a plane flying due east at 265 m above sea level, the angles of depression of two ships sailing due east measure 35° and 25 °. How far apart are the ships?

You are in a hot air balloon. You look at Steve with an angle of depression of 30 degrees. Your elevation is 1200 feet. How far apart are you and Steve?

The height of a tower is 100m.The angle of depression of a point on the ground from the top of the tower is 30degree.The distance of the point from the tower is:

From an airplane at an altitude of 1200 m, the angle of depression to a rock on the ground measures 28∘. Find the distance from the plane to the rock.

From the top of a lighthouse 210 feet high, the angle of depression of a boat is 27°. Find the distance from the boat to the foot of the lighthouse. The lighthouse was built at sea level.