Geometry Homework
8.5: Angles of Elevation & Depression
The Amazing ... Chris
Gruehn
Hour:
1. A camera crew on the ground is recording the act of a performer walking a tightrope stretched between
two buildings. A member of the camera crew who is 1.8 meters tall is almost directly below one end of the
tightrope. When the performer steps out onto the other end of the tightrope, the angle of elevation is 75°. If
the buildings are 30 meters apart, how many meters above the ground is the performer?
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1
1.8m
30m