How do you find the angle of depression from the top edge of the silo to the floor of the opposite edge if a silo is 40 feet high and 12 feet across? Trigonometry Inverse Trigonometric Functions Applications and Models 1 Answer Alan P. Feb 28, 2015 #sqrt(20^2 + 40^2) = 44.72 (feet)# [aproximately] Answer link Related questions What angle will the guy wire make with the ground if A tower, 28.4 feet high, must be secured... What is the shortest distance between two points #(61^@40.177',33^@23.101')# and... Solve #0.342costheta+hcos^2theta=16(D)^2/V_0^2#, if #V_0=60#, #D=80# and #h=2#? Question #67f1f See all questions in Applications and Models Impact of this question 2557 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License