Page 1 10. SOME APPLICATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRY The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from two points on the level ground, aandb units (a> b) from the base of the tower and in the same straight line with it, are complementary Find the height of the tower (D) a~b units (A) a+ bunits (B) Jab © The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a point on the ground is 30°, If on walking 20 metres towards the tower, the angle of elevation become 60°, then the height of the tower is 19 (A) 10 metre (B) Ye mere (©) 10,3 metre (D) None of these If the elevation of the sun changed from 30° to 60°, then the difference between the lengths of shadows of a pole 15 m high, made at these two positions, is (75m (B) 15m (© 10/3 m OyRm The distance hetween two multistoreyed buildings is 60m. The angle of depression of the top of the first building as een from the top of the second building, which is 150 m high is30°, The height ofthe first buildings is (A) 115.36 m (B) 117.85 m (©) 125.36m (D) 12834 m The length of a string between a kite and a pointon the ground is 90 m. The string makes an angle of 60° with the level ground. If there iso slack in the string, the height of the kite is (A) 90¥3 m (B) 45/3 m (©) 180m. (D) 45 m The string of a kite is 100 m long and it makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal, then the height of the kite (assuming that there is no slack in_ string) is : (A) 18.6 m (B) 82.6m (©) 846 m (D) 86.5 m Z 3 e The angle of elevation ofthe top ofa tower ata distance of “Y* m fromthe footis 6, then height of tower 20 (A) soy m B® Rm (© 50m (D) None of these The angle of elevation of the sun, when the length of the shadow of a vertical pole is equal to its height is, A)3 (By 4s° (O60 (D) None of these The ratio of the length of rod and its shadow is 1; y3 . The angle of elevation of the sun is (Ayan (B)4s° (C60 (D) 90° An observer 2 m tall is20 m away froma tower. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from his eyes is 45°. What is the height of the tower : (A) 20m (B) 18m (C)22m (D) None of these www.thinkiit.in