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HEIGHT & DISTANCE

EXERCISE I
1. An aeroplane flying with uniform speed horizontally 1 km above the ground is observed at an elevation of 60º.
After 10s if the elevation is observed to be 30º, then the speed of the plane (in km/h) is
240 120
(A) (B) 200 3 (C) 240 3 (D)
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2. A tower of x metres high has a flagstaff at its top. The tower and the flagstaff subtend equal angles at a point
distant y metres from the foot of the tower. Then the length of the flagstaff (in metres) is
y(x 2 – y 2 ) x(y 2 + x 2 ) x(x 2 + y 2 ) x(x 2 – y 2 )
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(x 2 + y 2 ) (y 2 – x 2 ) (x 2 – y 2 ) (x 2 + y 2 )
3. From the top of a hill h metres high, the angles of depressions of the top and the bottom of a pillar are  and ,
respectively. The height (in metres) of the pillar is
h(tan  – tan ) h(tan  – tan ) h(tan  + tan ) h(tan  + tan )
(A) (B) (C) (D)
tan  tan  tan  tan 
4. P is a point on the segment joining the feet of two vertical poles of height a and b. The angles of elevation of the
tops of the poles from P are 45º each. Then, the square of the distance between the tops of the poles is
a 2 + b2
(A) (B) a2 + b2 (C) 2(a2 + b2) (D) 4(a2 + b2)
2

5. ABCD is a rectangular field. A vertical lamp post of height 12m stands at the corner A. If the angle of elevation of
its top from B is 60º and from C is 45º, then the area of the field is
(A) 48 2 sq.m (B) 48 3 sq.m (C) 48 sq.m (D) 12 2 sq.m

6. From the top of tower, the angle of depression of a point on the ground is 60º. If the distance of this point from the
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tower is m, then the height of the tower is
3 +1
4 3 3 +3 3– 3 3
(A) m (B) m (C) m (D) m
2 2 2 2

7. A house of height 100m subtends a right angle at the window of an opposite house. If the height of the window is
64m, then the distance between the two houses is
(A) 48 m (B) 36 m (C) 54 m (D) 72 m

8. On one bank of a river, there is a tree. On another bank, an observer makes an angle of elevation of 60º at the top
of the tree. The angle of elevation of the top of the tree at a distance 20m away from the bank is 30º. The width of
the river is
(A) 20 m (B) 10 m (C) 5 m (D) 1 m

9. The elevation of an object on a hill is observed from a certain point in the horizontal plane through its base, to be
30º. After walking 120 m towards it on the level ground, the elevation is found to be 60º.
(A) 120 (B) 60 3 (C) 120 3 (D) 60

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10. A tower subtends an angle of 30º at a point on the same level as its foot, and at a second point h m above the first,
the depression of the foot of tower is 60º, The height of the tower is
h
(A) h m (B) 3h m (C) 3hm (D) m
3
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11. At a point on level ground, the angle of elevation of a vertical tower is found to be such that its tangent is . On
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walking 192 metres towards the tower, the tangent of the angle of elevation is . Then the height of the tower is
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(A) 90m (B) 120m (C) 150m (D) 180m
sin 2  cos2    1
12. Let  be the solution of 16 + 16 = 10 in  0,  . If the shadow of a vertical pole is of its height,
 4 3
then the altitude of the sun is -
 
(A)  (B) (C) 2 (D)
2 3
13. A vertical lamp-post of height 9 metres stands at the corner of a rectangular field. The angle of elevation of its top
from the farthest corner is 30º, while from another corner it is 45º. The area of the field is -
(A) 81 2 m2 (B) 9 2 m2 (C) 81 3 m2 (D) 9 3 m2

14. A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag staff of height h. At a point on
the plane, the angle of elevation of the bottom and the top of the flag staff are  and  respectively. Then the
height of tower is
h tan  h tan  h tan  h tan 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
tan  – tan  tan  – tan  tan  – tan  tan  – tan 
15. A spherical ball of diameter-d subtends an angle  at the eye of an observer whenthe elevation of its centre is .
Then the height of the centre of the ball is
1  1  1  
(A) sin .cosec (B) sin .cosec (C) .cosec (D) sin .cosec
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
16. An observer in a boat finds that the angle of elevation of a tower standing on the top of a cliff is 60º and that of the
top of the cliff is 30º. If the height of the tower is 60m, then the height of the cliff is
(A) 60 3 m (B) 60 3 m (C) 30 m (D) 40 3 m

17. The base of a cliff is circular. From the extremities of a diameter of the base, the angles of elevation of the top of
the cliff are 30º and 60º. If the height of the cliff is 500 m, then the diameter of the base of the cliff is
2000 1000
(A) m (B) 1000 3 m (C) m (D) 1000 2 m
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Exercise II
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1. Let AD and BC be two vertical poles at A and B respectively on a horizontal ground. If AD = 8m, BC = 11m and
AB = 10m; then the distance (in meters) of a point M on AB from the point A such that MD 2 + MC2 is minimum is
____.

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2. The angle of elevation of the top of a hill from a point on the horizontal plane passing through the foot of the hill is
found to be 45º. After walking a distance of 80 meters towards the top. Up a slope inclined at an angle of 30º to the
horizontal plane, the angle of elevation of the top of the hill becomes 75º. Then the height of the hill (in meters) is
____ .

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3. The angle of elevation of the summit of a mountain from a point on the ground is 45º, After climbing up one km
towards the summit at an inclination of 30º from the ground, the angle of elevation of the summit is found to be
60º. Then the height (in km) of the summit from the ground is :
1 1 3 –1 3 +1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 –1 3 +1 3 +1 3 –1
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4. The angle of elevation of a cloud C from a point P, 200 m above a still lake is 30º. If the angle of depression of the
image of C is the lake from the point P is 60º, then PC (in m) is equal to :
(1) 400 (2) 400 3 (3) 100 (4) 200 3
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5. Two vertical poles AB = 15m and CD = 10m are standing apart on a horizontal ground with points A and C on the
ground. If P is the point of intersection of BC and AD, then the height of P (in m) above the line AC is :
(1) 20/3 (2) 5 (3) 10/3 (4) 6

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6. Consider a triangular plot ABC with sides AB = 7m, BC = 5m and CA = 6m. A vertical lamp-post at the mid point
D of AC subtends an angle 30º at B. The height (in m) of the lamp-post is -
3 2
(1) 2 21 (2) 21 (3) 7 3 (4) 21
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7. If the angle of elevation of a cloud from a point P which is 25 m above a lake be 30º and the angle of depression of
reflection of the cloud in the lake from P be 60º, then the height of the cloud (in meters) from the surface of the
lake is :
(1) 45 (2) 42 (3) 50 (4) 60

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8. Two vertical poles of heights, 20 m and 80m stand a part on a horizontal plane. The height (in meters) of the point
of intersection of the lines joining the top of each pole to the foot of the other, from this horizontal plane is -
(1) 18 (2) 16 (3) 15 (4) 12

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9. Two poles standing on a horizontal ground are of heights 5m and 10m respectively. The line joining their tops
makes and angle of 15º with the ground. Then the distance (in m) between the poles, is :
5
(1) 10( 3 –1) (2) 5(2 + 3 ) (3) 5( 3 + 1) (4) (2 + 3 )
2

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10. ABC is a triangular park with AB = AC = 100 metres. A vertical tower is situated at the mid-point of BC. If the
angles of elevation of the top of the tower at A and B are cot –1( 3 2 ) and cosec–1( 2 2 ) respectively, then the
height of the tower (in metres) is :
100
(1) (2) 25 (3) 20 (4) 10 5
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11. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower standing on a horizontal plane is observed to be 45º from a
point A on the plane. Let B be the point 30 m vertically above the point A. If the angle of elevation of the top of
the tower from B be 30º, then the distance (in m) of the foot of the tower from the point A is :
(1) 15(1 + 3) (2) 15(3 – 3) (3) 15(3 + 3) (4) 15(5 – 3)
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12. PQR is a triangular park with PQ = PR = 200 m. A.T.V. tower stands at the mid-point of QR. If the angles of elevation
of the top of the tower at P, Q and R are respectively 45 o, 30o and 30o, then the height of the tower (in m) is
(1)50 (2) 100 3 (3) 50 2 (4) 100

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13. Let a vertical tower AB has its end A on the level ground. Let C be the mid-point of AB and P be a point on the
ground such that AP = 2AB If  BPC = , then tan  is equal to
4 6 1 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
9 7 4 9
14. A man is waling towards a vertical pillar in a straight path, at a uniform speed. At a certain point A on the path, he
observes that the angle of elevation of the top of the pillar is 30º. After walking for 10 minutes from A in the same
direction, at a point B, he observes that the angle of elevation of the top of the pillar is 60º. Then the time taken (in
minutes) by him, from B to reach the pillar, is :
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(1) 20 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 10
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15. The upper th portion of a vertical pole subtends an angle tan –1 at a point in the horizontal plane through its
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foot and at a distance 40 m from the foot. A possible height of the vertical pole is
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(1) 80 m (2) 20 m (3) 40 m (4) 60 m

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Answer Key
EXERCISE I
1.(C) 2.(B) 3.(A) 4.(C) 5.(A) 6.(C) 7.(A) 8.(B) 9.(B) 10.(D) 11.(D) 12.(C)
13.(A) 14.(A) 15.(A) 16.(C) 17.(A)

EXERCISE II
1(5.00) 2(80.00) 3(1) 4(1) 5(4) 6(4) 7(3)
8(2) 9(2) 10(3) 11(3) 12(4) 13(4) 14(2)
15(3)

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