Name _____________________________________ Class _____________ Date ____________
Alternative Assessment
Chapter 8
Show all your work.
TASK 1
Find x to the nearest tenth.
TASK 2
A surveyor measures the angle of elevation to the top of a
building to be
. The surveyor then walks 50 ft farther from
the base of the tower and measures the angle of elevation to be
. The surveyor’s angle-measuring device is 5.5 ft from the
ground. How tall is the building, to the nearest foot?
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Name _____________________________________ Class _____________ Date ____________
Alternative Assessment (continued)
Chapter 8
TASK 3
Two observers simultaneously observe an airplane overhead and
between them. They measure their angle of elevation to the airplane and obtain
and
. The observers are 2 miles apart,
and the airplane is 1.7 miles above the point shown in the figure.
What are the distances, x and y, of each observer from the point
directly below the airplane? Round your answers to the nearest
hundredth mile.
TASK 4
Two motor boats, one departing from dock A and the other
from dock B, meet at dock C. Let and represent their
paths.
a. Describe and using ordered pair notation.
b. Find the magnitude of
c. Find the direction of
and
and
to the nearest tenth.
.
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