Geometry.2.E.29 - Applying Tangents – Exit Ticket

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2 questions

The line on the coordinate plane makes an angle of depression of 24°. Find the slope of the line correct to four decimal places.

Samuel is at the top of a tower and will ride a trolley down a zip line to a lower tower. The total vertical drop of the zip line is 40 ft. The zip line’s angle of elevation from the lower tower is 11.5°. What is the horizontal distance between the towers?

From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade Geometry Mathematics Module 2, Topic E, Lesson 29. Internet. Available from https://www.engageny.org/resource/geometry-module-...; accessed 14/Apr/2016.