Q) From the top of a 7m high building, the angle of elevation of the top of a cable tower is 60 and the angle of depression of its foot is 30. Determine the height of the tower. Ans: Let’s draw a diagram with cable tower AB and Building PQ of 7m height. Angle of […]
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Q) A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing on the top of the 75 m high tower observes two cars at angles of depression of 30° and 60°, which are approaching the foot of the tower. If one car is exactly behind the other on the same side of
Q) From the top of a tower 100 m high, a man observes two cars on the opposite sides of the tower with angle of depression 300 and 450 respectively. Find the distance between the two cars. (use 3 = 1.73) Ans: Let PQ be the tower, A and B the two cars, man observes
Q) The angle of elevation of the top of a tower 30 m high from the foot of another tower in the same plane is 600 and the angle of elevation of the top of the second tower from the foot of the first tower is 300. Find the distance between the two towers and
Q) From a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of the bottom and top of a transmission tower fixed at the top of 30m high building are 30° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the transmission tower. (Use √3 = 1.73) Ans: Let’s consider AD is the tower in the figure above and
Q) As observed from the top of a 75 m high lighthouse from the sea-level, the angles of depression of two ships are 30° and 60°. If one ship is exactly behind the other on the same side of the lighthouse, find the distance between the two ships. (Use √3 = 1.73) Ans: Let’s consider
Q) The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground which is 30 m away from the foot of the tower, is 30°. Find the height of the tower. Ans: Let the tower be AB and its height be h Now in Δ ABC, tan 300 =
Q) The length of the shadow of a tower on the plane ground is √3 times the height of the tower. Find the angle of elevation of the sun. Ans: Let the tower be AB and its shadow be AC and angle of elevation from point C be θ Given that AC = √3 x
Q) An aeroplane when flying at a height of 3000 m from the ground passes vertically above another aeroplane at an instant when the angles of elevation of the two planes from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45° respectively. Find the vertical distance between the aeroplanes at that instant. Also, find
Q) A ladder set against a wall at an angle 45° to the ground. If the foot of the ladder is pulled away from the wall through a distance of 4 m, its top slides a distance of 3 m down the wall making an angle 30° with the ground. Find the final height of