Q) The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 30° and the angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60°. If the tower is 50 m high, then find the height of the building. Ans: Step 1: Diagram […]
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Q) From a point on a bridge across a river, the angles of depression of the banks on opposite sides of the river are 30° and 45° respectively. If the bridge is at a height of 3 m from the banks, then find the width of the river. Ans: Step 1: Diagram for this question: Step
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Q) Gadisar Lake is located in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. It was built by the King of Jaisalmer and rebuilt by Gadsi Singh in 14th century. The lake has many Chhatris. One of them is shown below: Observe the picture. From a point A, h m above from water level, the angle of elevation of
Q) Two pillars are standing on either side of a 80 m wide road. Height of one pillar is 20 m more than the height of the other pillar. From a point on the road between the pillars, the angle of elevation of the higher pillar is 60°, whereas that of the other pillar is 30°.
Q) The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from a point P on the ground is 60°. From another point Q, 10 m vertically above the first point P, its angle of elevation is 30°. Find:(a) The height of the tower.(b) The distance of the point P from the foot of
Q) Mr. Vinod is a pilot in Air India. During the Covid-19 pandemic, many Indian passengers were stuck at Dubai Airport. The government of India sent special aircraft to take them. Mr. Vinod was leading this operation. He is flying from Dubai to New Delhi with these passengers. His airplane is approaching point A along
Q) A hot air balloon is rising vertically from a point A on the ground which is at distance of 100m from a car parked at a point P on the ground. Amar, who is riding the balloon, observes that it took him 15 seconds to reach a point B which he estimated to be
Q) A boy is standing on the top of light house. He observed that boat P and boat Q are approaching the light house from opposite directions. He finds that angle of depression of boat P is 45° and angle of depression of boat Q is 30°. He also knows that height of the light house
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Q) One evening, Kaushik was in a park. Children were playing cricket. Birds were singing on a nearby tree of height 80m. He observed a bird on the tree at an angle of elevation of 45°.When a sixer was hit, a ball flew through the tree frightening the bird to fly away. In 2 seconds, he
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Q) One observer estimates the angle of elevation to the basket of a hot air balloon to be 60°, while another observer 100 m away estimates the angle of elevation to be 30°. Find: (a) The height of the basket from the ground. (b) The distance of the basket from the first observer’s eye. (c)