Work sheet

Subject: Mathematics

Topic: Applications of trigonometry

Class: X CBSE

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS :

1. A pole 6m high casts a shadow 2 √ 3 m long on the ground, then the Sun’s
elevation

(A) 600 (B) 450 (C) 300 (D) 900

2. The length of a string between a kite and a point on the ground is 85 m. If

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the string makes an angle θ with the ground level such that tanθ = 8 , then the
height of the kite from the ground is ____ .

(A)75 m (B) 78.05 m (C) 226 m (D) 70 m

3. The angle formed by the line of sight with the horizontal when the
point is below the horizontal level is called:
(A) Angle of elevation (B) Angle of depression
(C) No such angle is formed (D) None of the above
4. When the shadow of a pole h metres high is √ 3h metres long, the
angle of elevation of the Sun is _______.
(A) 30° (B) 60° (C) 45° (D) 15°
5. If the height and length of a shadow of a tower are the same, then
the angle of elevation of Sun is_________.
(A) 30° (B) 60° (C) 45° (D) 15°
6. The angle of depression of an object on the ground, from the top of a 25
m high tower is 30°. The distance of the object from the base of the tower is

(A) 25√3 m (B) 50√3 m (C) 75√3 m (D) 50 m

SOLVE:

7. At some time of the day, the length of the shadow of a tower is

equal to its height. Find the sun's altitude at that time.

8. If two towers of height h1 and h2 subtends angles of 600 and 300

respectively at the mid points of the line joining their feet, find h1:h2 .

9. A man is standing on the deck of a ship, which is 10m above the

water level, observes the angle of elevation of the top of a hill
as 60∘ and the angle of depression of the base of the hill as 30∘. Find
the distance of the hill from the ship and height of the hill.
10. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 60m above a lake is 300
and the angle of depression of the reflection of the cloud in the lake is 600.
Find the height of the cloud from the surface of the lake.

11. From the point on a bridge across a river, the angles of depressions of the
banks on opposite sides of the river are 300 and 450 respectively. If the bridge is
at a height of 3 m from the banks, find the width of the river.

12. An aeroplane when flying at a height of 3125 m from the ground passes
vertically below another plane at an instant when the angles of elevation of the
two planes from the same point on the ground are 300 and 600, respectively.
Find the distance between the two planes at that instant.

13. Two men on either side of the cliff 80 m high observes the angles of
elevation of the top of the cliff to be 300 and 600 respectively. Find the distance
between the two men.

14. As observed from the top of a 100 m high light house from the sea-level, the
angles of depression of two ships are 300 and 450. If one ship is exactly behind
the other on the same side of the light house, find the distance between the two
ships. [Use √3=1.732]
15. The shadow of a flagstaff is three times as long as the shadow of the
flagstaff when the sun rays meet the ground at angle of 600. Find the angle
between the sun rays and ground at the time of the longer shadow.

16. From a point on the ground the angles of elevation of the bottom and top
of a transmission tower fixed at the top of 20 m high building are 450 and 600,
respectively. Find the height of the transmission tower.

17. There is a small island in the middle of a 100 m wide river and a tall tree
stands on the island . P and Q are points directly opposite to each other an two
banks and in the line with the tree . If the angle of elevation of the top of the
tree from P and Q are respectively 300 and 450, find the height of the tree.

18. From the top of a tower 50 m high angles of depression of the top and bottom of
a pole are observed to be 450 and 600 respectively. Find the height of the pole.

19. A bridge across a river makes an angle of 450 with the river bank as shown
in the figure. If the length of the bridge across the river is 150 m, what is the
width of the river?

20. 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, find the height of the building.

21. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 600.
After a flight of 30 seconds, the angle of elevation become 300. If the aeroplane
is flying at a constant height of 3000√ 3m, find the speed of the aeroplane.
22. An observer 1.5 metres tall is 20.5 metres away from a tower 22 metres
high. Determine the angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the eye of
the observer.

23. The length of the shadow of a person is x when the angle of elevation of the
sun is 450. If the length of the shadow increased by (√ 3−1)x, then find the angle
of elevation.

24. Amit standing on a horizontal plane. Find a bird flying at a distance of 200
m from him at an elevation of 300. Deepak standing on the roof of a 50 m high
building finds thee angle of elevation of the same bird to be 450. Amit and
Deepak are on opposite sides of the bird. find the distance of the bird from
Deepak.

25. The height of a hill is 3,300 metres. From the point D on the ground the
angle of elevation of the top of the hill is 600. A balloon is moving with constant
speed vertically upwards from D. After 5 minutes of its movement a person
sitting in it observes the angle of elevation of the top of the hill as 300. What is
the speed of the balloon?