What does this symbol mean "⊥" ?

Asailor is looking at a kite. if he is looking at the kite at an angle of elevation of 36and the distance from the boat to the point where the kite is directly overhead is 40 feet, how high is the kite?

Ijust need these 2 questions answered (the second pic is just confirmation i'm not confident in that answer)

5. (04.07)which of the following exponential functions goes through the points (1, 12) and (2, 36)? (2 points)f(x) = 3(4)^xf(x) = 4(3)^-xf(x) = 3(4)^-xf(x) = 4(3)^x