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1) A tower stands vertically on the ground.
From a point on the ground, 20 m away
from the foot of the tower, the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower is 60°.
What is the height of the tower?
2) The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning
against a wall is 60' and the foot of the
ladder is 9.5 m away from the wall. Find the
length of the ladder.
3) A ladder is placed along a wall of a house
such that its upper end is touching the top
of the wall. The foot of the ladder is 2 m
away from the wall and the ladder is making
an angle of 60° with the level of the ground.
Determine the height of the wall.
4) An electric pole is 10 m high. A steel wire
tied to top of the pole is affixed at a point
on the ground to keep the pole up right. If
the wire makes an angle of 45° with the
horizontal through the foot of the pole, find
the length of the wire.
5) A kite is flying at a height of 75 metres from
the ground level, attached to a string
inclined at 60° to the horizontal. Find the
length of the string to the nearest metre.
6) A ladder 15 metres long just reaches the
top of a vertical wall. If the ladder makes an
angle of 60° with the wall, find the height of
the wall.
7) A vertical tower stands on a horizontal
plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag-
staff. At a point on the plane 70 metres
away from the tower, an observer notices
that the angles of elevation of the top and
the bottom of the flag-staff are respectively
60° and 45° Find the height of the flag-staff
and that of the tower.
8) A vertically straight tree, 15 m high, is
broken by the wind in such a way that its
top just touches the ground and makes an
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angle of 60° with the ground. At what
height from the ground did the tree break?
9) A vertical tower stands on a horizontal
plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag-
staff of height 5 metres. At a point on the
plane, the angles of elevation of the bottom
and the top of the flag-staff are respectively
30° and 60°. Find the height of the tower.
10) A person observed the angle of elevation of
the top of a tower as 30°. He walked 50 m
towards the foot of the tower along level
ground and found the angle of elevation of
the top of the tower as 60°. Find the height
of the tower.
11) The shadow of a tower, when the angle of
elevation of the sun is 45°, is found to be 10
m. longer than when it was 60°. Find the
height of the tower.
12) A parachutist is descending vertically and
makes angles of elevation of 45° and 60° at
two observing points 100 m apart from
each other on the left side of himself. Find
the maximum height from which he falls
and the distance of the point where he falls
on the ground from the just observation
point.
13) On the same side of a tower, two objects
are located. When observed from the top of
the tower, their angles of depression are 45
and 60°. If the height of the tower is 150 m,
find the distance between the objects.
14) The angle of elevation of a tower from a
point on the same level as the foot of the
tower is 30°. On advancing 150 metres
towards the foot of the tower, the angle of
elevation of the tower becomes 60°. Show
that the height of the tower is 129.9 metres
15) The angle of elevation of the top of a tower
from a point A on the moving a distance of
20 metres towards the foot of the tower to
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a point B the angle of elevation increases to
60°. Find the height of the tower and the
distance of the tower from the point A.
16) From the top of a building 15 m high the
angle of elevation of the top of a tower is
found to be 30°. From the bottom of the
same building, the angle of elevation of the
top of the tower is found to be 60°. Find the
height of the tower and the distance
between the tower and building.
17) On a horizontal plane there is a vertical
tower with a flag pole on the top of the
tower. At a point 9 metres away from the
foot of the tower the angle of elevation of
the top and bottom of the flag pole are 60°
and 30° respectively. Find the height of the
tower and the flag pole mounted on it.
18) A tree breaks due to storm and the broken
part bends so that the top of the tree
touches the ground making an angle of 30°
with the ground. The distance between the
foot of the tree to the point where the top
touches the ground is 8 m. Find the height
of the tree. 20. From a point P on the
ground the angle of elevation of a 10 m tall
building is 30°. A flag is hoisted at the top of
the building and the angle of elevation of
the top of the flag-staff from P is 45°. Find
the length of the flag-staff and the distance
of the building from the point P. (Take √3=
1.732).
19) A 1.6m tall girl stands at a distance of 3.2 m
from a lamp-post and casts a shadow of 4.8
m on the ground. Find the height of the
lamp-post
20) A 1.5m tall boy is standing at some distance
from a 30 m tall building. The angle of
elevation from his eyes to the top of the
building increases from 30° to 60° as he
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walks towards the building. Find the
distance he walked towards the building.
21) The shadow of a tower standing on a level
ground is found to be 40 m longer when
Sun's altitude is 30° than when it was 60°.
Find the height of the tower.
22) 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 45° and 60° Find the
height of the transimission tower.
23) The angles of depression of the top and
bottom of 8 m tall building from the top of
a multistoried building are 30° and 45°
respectively. Find the height of the
multistoried building and the distance
between the two buildings
24) A statue 1.6 m tall stands on the top of the
pedestal. From a point on the ground, the
angle of elevation of the top of the statue is
60° and from the same point the angle of
elevation of the top of the pedestal is 45°.
Find the height of the pedestal.
25) AT.V. Tower stands vertically on a bank of a
river. From a point on the other bank
directly opposite the tower, the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower is 60°.
From a point 20m away from this point on
the same bank, the angle of elevation of the
top of the tower is 30. Find the height of
the tower and the width of the river.
26) From the top of a 7 m high building, the
angle of elevation of the top of a cable
tower is 60° and the angle of depression of
its foot is 45. Determine the height of the
tower.
27) As observed from the top of a 75 m tall
lighthouse, the angles of depression of two
ships are 30° and 45°. If one ship is exactly
behind the other on the same side of the
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two ships.
28) The angle of elevation of the top of the
building from the foot of the tower is 30°
and the angle of the top of the tower from
the foot of the building is 60°. If the tower is
50m high, find the height of the building.
29) From a point on a bridge across a river the
angles of depression of the banks on
opposite side of the river are 30° and 45°
respectively. If bridge is at the height of 30
m from the banks, find the width of the
river.
30) Two poles of equal heights a are standing
opposite to each other on either side of the
road of the which is 80 m wide. From a
point between them on the road the angles
of elevation top of the poles are 60° and 30°
respectively. Find the height of the poles
and the distances of the point from the
poles.
31) A man sitting at a height of 20 m on a tall
tree on a small island in the middle of a
river observes two poles directly opposite
to each other on the two banks of the river
and in line with the foot of tree. If the
angles of depression of the feet of the poles
from a point at which the man is sitting on
the tree on either side of the river are 60°
and 30° respectively. Find width of river.
32) A vertical tower stands on a horizontal
plane and is surmounted by a flag-staff of
height 7m. From a point on the plane, the
angle of elevation of the bottom of the Find
the width of the river. flag-staff is 30° and
that of the top of the flag-staff is 45°. Find
the height of the tower.
33) The length of the shadow of a tower
standing on level plane is found to be 2x
metres longer when the sun's altitude is 30
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than when it was 45°. Prove that the height
of tower is x (√3+1) metres.
34) A tree breaks due to the storm and the
broken part bends so that the top of the
tree touches the ground making an angle of
30° with the ground. The distance from the
foot of the tree to the point where the top
touches the ground is 10 metres. Find the
height of the tree.
35) A balloon is connected to a meteorological
ground station by a cable of length 215 m
inclined at 60° to the horizontal. Determine
the height of the balloon from the ground.
Assume that there is no slack in the cable
36) Two men on either side of the cliff 80 m
high observes the angles of elevation of the
top of the cliff to be 30 and 60°
respectively. Find the distance between the
two men.
37) Find the angle of elevation of the sun (sun's
altitude) when the length of the shadow of
a vertical pole is equal to its height
38) An aeroplane is flying at a height of 210 m.
Flying at this height at some instant the
angles of depression of two points in a line
in opposite directions on both the banks of
the river are 45 and 60°. Find the width of
the river.
39) The angle of elevation of the top of a
chimney from the top of a tower is 60° and
the angle of depression of the foot of the
chimney from the top of the tower is 30°. If
the height of the tower is 40 m, find the
height of the chimney. According to
pollution control norms, the minimum
height of a smoke emitting chimney should
be 100 m. State if the height of the above
mentioned chimney meets the pollution
norms.
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40) Two ships are there in the sea on either side
of a light house in such away that the ships
and the light house are in the same straight
line. The angles of depression of two ships
are observed from the top of the light
house are 60 and 45° respectively. If the
height of the light house is 200 m, find the
distance between the two ships. (Use √3 =
1.73)
41) The horizontal distance between two poles
is 15 m. The angle of depression of the top
of the first pole as seen from the top of the
second pole is 30. If the height of the
second pole is 24 m, find the height of the
first pole.
42) The angles of depression of two ships from
the top of a light house and on the same
side of it are found to be 45 and 30°
respectively. If the ships are 200 m apart,
find the height of the light house.
43) The angles of elevation of the top of a
tower from two points at a distance of 4 m
and 9m from the base of the tower and in
the same straight line with it are
complementary. Prove that the height of
the tower is 6m.
44) From the top of a 50 m high tower, the
angles of depression of the top and bottom
of a pole are observed to be 45° and 60°
respectively. Find the height of the pole.
45) The horizontal distance between two trees
of different heights is 60 m. The angle of
depression of the top of the first tree when
seen from the top of the second tree is 45°
.lf the height of the second tree is 80 m,
find the height of the first tree.
46) A flag-staff stands on the top of a 5 m high
tower. From a point on the ground, the
angle of elevation of the top of the flagstaff
is 60° and from the same point, the angle of
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elevation of the top of the tower is 45°. Find
the height of the flag-staff.
47) The angle of elevation of the top of a
vertical tower PQ from a point X on the
ground is 60°. At a point Y, 40m vertically
above X, the angle of elevation of the top is
45. Calculate the height of tower.
48) As observed from the top of a 150 m tall
light house, the angles of depression of two
ships approaching it are 30° and 45°. If one
ship is directly behind the other, find the
distance between the two ships.
49) The angles of elevation of the top of a rock
from the top and foot of a 100 m high
tower are respectively 30° and 45°. Find the
height of the rock.
50) A straight highway leads to the foot of a
tower of height 50 m. From the top of the
tower, the angles of depression of two cars
standing on the highway are 30° and 60°
respectively. What is the distance between
the two cars and how far is each car from
the tower?
51) From the top of a building AB, 60 m high,
the angles of depression of the top and
bottom of a vertical lamp post CD are
observed to be 30 and 60° respectively. Find
(i) the horizontal distance between AB and
CD.
(i) the height of the lamp post.
(ii) the difference between the heights
of the building and the lamp post.
52) Two boats approach a light house in mid-
sea from opposite directions. The angles of
elevation of the top of the light house from
two boats are 30° and 45° respectively. If
the distance between two boats is 100 m,
find the height of the light house.
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53) The angle of elevation of the top of a hill at
the foot of a tower is 60° and the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower from the
foot of the hill is 30°. If the tower is 50 m
high, what is the height of the hill.
54) A moving boat is observed from the top of a
150 m high cliff moving away from the cliff.
The angle of depression of the boat changes
from 60° to 45° in 2 minutes. Find the speed
of the boat in m/h.
55) From the top of a 120 m high tower, a man
observes two cars on the opposite
tower and in a straight line with the
base of tower with angles of depression
as 60° and 45. Find the distance
between the cars.
56) Two points A and B are on the same side of
a tower and in the same straight line with
its base. The angles of depression of these
points from the top of the tower are 60 and
45° respectively. If the height of the tower
is 15 m, then find the distance between
these points.
57) A fire in a building B is reported on
telephone to two fire stations P and Q, 20
km apart from each other on a straight
road. P observes that the fire is at an angle
of 60° to the road and Q observes that it is
at an angle of 45° to the road. Which
station should send its team and how much
will this team have to travel?
58) A man on the deck of a ship is 10 m above
the water level. He observes that the angle
of elevation of the top of a cliff is 45° and
the angle of depression of the base is 30.
Calculate the distance of the cliff from the
ship and the height of the cliff.
59) Aman standing on the deck of a ship, which
is 8 m above water level. He observes the
angle of elevation of the top of a hill as 60
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and the angle of depression of the base of
the hill. Calculate the distance of the hill
from the ship and the height of the hill.
60) There are two temples, one on each bank of
a river, just opposite to each other. One
temple is 50 m high. From the top of this
temple, the angles of depression of the top
and the foot of the other temple are 30°
and 60° respectively. Find the width of the
river a the height of the other temple.
61) The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from
a point on the ground is 45°. After a flight of
15 seconds, the elevation changes to 30°. If
the aeroplane is flying at a height of 3000
metres, find the speed of the aeroplane.
62) An aeroplane flying horizontally 1 km above
the ground is observed at an elevation of
60°. After 10 seconds, its elevation is
observed to be 30°. Find the speed of the
aeroplane in km/hr.
63) A tower subtends an angle a at a point A in
the plane of its base and the angle of
depression of the foot of the tower at a
point b metres just above A is ẞ. Prove that
the height of the tower is b tan a cot ẞ.
64) An observer, 1.5 m tall, is 28.5 m away
from a tower 30 m high elevation of the top
of the tower from his eye.
65) A carpenter makes stools for electricians
with a square top of side 0.5 m and at a
height of 1.5 m above the ground. Also,
each leg is inclined i at an angle of 60° to
the ground. Find the length of each leg and
also the lengths of two steps to be put at
equal distances.
66) A boy is standing on the ground and flying a
kite with 100 m of string at an elevation of
another boy is standing on the roof of a 10
m high building and is flying his kite at an
elevation of 45°. Both the boys are on
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opposite sides of both the kites. Find the
length of the string that the second boy
must have so that the two kites meet.
67) From the top of a tower / metre high, the
angles of depression of two objects, which
are in the line with the foot of the tower are
a and ẞ (β > a). Find the distance between
the two objects.
68) A window of a house is a metre above the
ground. From the window, the angles of
elevation and depression of the top and
bottom of another house situated on the
opposite side of the lane are found to be a
and ẞ respectively. Prove that the height of
the house is (1 + tan a tanẞ) metres .
69) The lower window of a house is at a height
of 2 m above the ground and its upper
window is 4 m vertically above the lower
window. At certain instant the angles of
elevation of a balloon from these windows
are observed to be 60° and 30° respectively.
Find the height of the balloon above the
ground.
70) One evening, Kaushik was in a park Children
were playing cricket Birds were singing on a
nearby tree of height 80 m. 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 observed the bird
flying at the same height at an angle of
elevation of 30° and the ball flying towards
him at the same height at an angle of
elevation of 60°.
71) After hitting the tree, how far did the ball
travel in the sky when Kaushik saw the ball?
72) (C) What is the speed of the bird in m/min if
it had flown 20(√3+1) m?
73) A straight highway leads to the foot of a
tower. A man standing on the top of the 75
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m high tower observes two cars at angles of
depression of 30 and 60°, which are
approaching the foot of the tower. If one
cor is exactly behind the other on the sone
side of the tower, find the distance
between the two cars.
74) From the top of a 7 m 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.
75) A man on the top of a vertical tower
observes a car moving at a uniform speed
coming directly towards it. If it takes 18
minutes for the angle of depression to
change from 30° to 60°, how soon after this
will the car reach the tower?
76) A girl on a ship standing on a wooden
platform, which is 50 m above water level,
observes the angle of elevation of the top
of a hill as 30° and the angle of depression
of the base of the hill as 60°. Calculate the
distance of the hill from the platform and
the height of the hill.
77) If the angle of elevation of a cloud from a
point 10 metres above a lake is 30° and the
angle of depression of its reflection in the
lake is 60°, find the height of the cloud from
the surface of lake.
78) A vertical tower of height 20 m 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 top of the flag staff are 45° and
60°, respectively. Find the value of h.
79) The shadow of a tower standing on a level
ground is found to be 40 m longer when the
Sun's altitude is 30° than when it was 60°.
Find the height of the tower.
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80) Vishal saw a peepal tree in his orchard casts
a shadow of 4√3 m on ground.what is
height of tree.
81) The angles of depression of the top and
bottom of building 50 metres high as
observed from the top of a tower are 30°
and 60°, respectively. Find the height of the
tower and also the horizontal distances
between the building and the tower.
82) The angle of elevation of the top of a
building from the foot of a 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, show that the
height of the building is 16.67 m.
83) Rishu is riding in a hot air balloon. After
reaching a point P, he spots a car parked at
B on the ground at an angle of depression
of 30°. The balloon rises further by 50
metres and now he spots the same car at an
angle of depression of 45° and a lorry
parked at B' at an angle of depression of
30°.
84) The angle of elevation of the top of a hill
from the foot of a tower is 60° and the
angle of elevation of the top of the tower
with height 100 m from the foot of the hill
is 30°.
85) At a given instance, ATC finds that the angle
of elevation of an airplane from a point on
the ground is 60°. After a flight of 30
seconds, it is observed that the angle of
elevation changes to 30°. The height of the
plane remains constantly as 3000√2 m.
(A) Draw a neat labelled figure to show
the above situation diagrammatically. 1
(B) What is the distance travelled by the
plane in 30 seconds?
C) What is speed of plane.
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86) As observed from the top of a 100 m high
light house from the sea-level, the angles of
depression of two ships are 30° and 45° If
one ship is exactly behind the other on the
same side of the light house, find the
distance between the two ships.
87) Two ships are approaching a lighthouse
from opposite directions. The angles of
depression of the two ships from the top of
the lighthouse are 30° and 45°. If the
distance between the two ships is 100 m.
Find the height of the lighthouse. [Use √3 =
1.732]
88) A vertical tower subtends a right angle at
the top of a vertical flag on the ground, the
height of the flag being 10 m. If the distance
between the tower and the flag be 10 m,
find the height of the tower.The tops of two
poles of height 16 m and 12 m are
connected by a wire, the wire makes angle
of 30° with the horizontal, find length of
wire.
89) A moving boat is observed from the top of a
150 m high cliff moving away from the cliff.
The angle of depression of the boat changes
from 60° to 45° in 2 minutes. Find the speed
of the boat in m/h.
90) The angles of elevation and depression of
the top and the bottom of a tower from the
top of a building, 60 m high, are 30° and 60°
respectively. Find the difference between
the heights of the building and the tower
and the distance between them
91) As observed from the top of a 100 m high
lighthouse from the sea-level, the angles of
depression of two ships are 30° and 45°. If
one ship is exactly behind the other on the
same side of the lighthouse, find the
distance between the two ships.
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92) A bird is sitting on the top of a 80 m high
tree. From a point on the ground, the angle
of elevation of the bird is 45°. The bird flies
away horizontally in such a way that it
remained at a constant height from the
ground. After 2 seconds, the angle of
elevation of the bird from the same point is
30°. Find the speed of flying of the bird.
93) At the foot of a mountain the elevation of
its summit is 45°, after ascending 1000 m
towards the mountain up a slope of 30°
inclination, the elevation is found to be 60°.
Find the height of the mountain.
94) A steel wire is tied to the top of an electric
pole and the ground making an angle of 60°
with the ground. If the height of electric
pole is 12 m, then length of steel wire is
95) Height of a tower is 10 m. If the sun’s
altitude is 45°, then length of the shadow is.
96) If the shadow of a tower standing on a level
plane is found to be 50 m longer when sun’s
elevation is 30° than when it is 60°, then the
height of the tower is
97) From the top of a tower h metre high, the
angle of depression of two objects, which
lie on either side of it are a and p. The
distance between the two objects is
98) A ladder, leaning against a wall, makes an
angle of 60° with the horizontal. If the foot
of the ladder is 2.5 m away from the wall,
find the length of the ladder.
99) From the top of a 25 m high cliff, the angle
of elevation of a tower is found to be equal
to the angle of depression of the foot of the
tower. Find height of the tower.
100) An observer 1.5 m tall is 28.5 m away from
a tower of height 30 m. Find the angle of
elevation of the top of tower from his eye.
101) From the top of a 7 m high building, the
angle of elevation of the top of a tower is
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60° and the angle of depression of its foot is
45°. Find the height of the tower.
102) A moving boat is observed from the top of
a 150 m high cliff moving away from the
cliff. The angle of depression of the boat
changes from 60° to 45° in 2 minutes. Find
the speed of the boat in m/h.
103) A tree breaks due to a storm and the
broken part bends so that the top of the
tree touches the ground making an angle of
30° with it. The distance between the foot
of the tree to the point where the top
touches the ground is 8 m. Find the height
of the tree.
104) Two poles of equal heights are standing
opposite each other on either side of the
road, which is 80 m wide. From a point
between them on the road, the angles of
elevation of the top of the poles are 60° and
30°, respectively. Find the height of the
poles and the distances of the point from
the poles.
105) An observer 1.5 metre 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.
106) The angle of elevation of the top of a
tower from two points distant s and t from
its foot are complementary. Prove that the
height of the tower is √st.
107) The angle of elevation of the top of a
tower from a certain point is 30°. If the
observer moves 20 metres towards the
tower, the angle of elevation of the top
increases by 15°. Find the height of the
tower.
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