CH 20 : HEIGHT AND DISTANCE MATHEMATICS ICSE CLASS 10TH 2023-2034

CHAPTER 20
HEIGHT AND DISTANCE

QUESTION 119.
PREVIOUS EXAM QUESTIONS
Main 2008
120.As observed from the top of a 100 m high light
house from the sea-level, the angles of depression
of two ships are 30c and 45c. If one ship is exactly
behind the other on the same side of the light
house, find the distance between the two ships
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QUESTION 113. Main 2017 QUESTION 120. Main 2005

114.The angles of depression of two ships A and B as 121.From the top of a cliff 92 m high, the angle of
observed from the top of a light house 60 m high depression of a buoy is 20c. Calculate to the
are 60c and 45c, respectively. If the two ships are nearest meter, the distance of the buoy from the
on the opposite sides of the light house, find the foot of the cliff.
distance between the two ships. Give your answer QUESTION 121. Main 2003
correct to the nearest whole number. 122.If the shadow of a tower is 30 m long, when the
QUESTION 114. Comp 2017
Sun’s elevation is 30c. What is the length of the
115.The tops of two towers of height x and y , standing shadow, when Sun’s elevation is 60c ?
on level ground, subtend angles of 30c and 60c
respectively at the centre of the line joining their
feet, then find x : y .
QUESTION 115. Comp 2015
116.The angle of elevation of a jet fighter point A on
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ground is 60c. After flying 10 seconds, the angle QUESTION 122. Main 2023
123.From the top of a tower 100 m high a man
changes to 30c. If the jet is flying at a speed of
observes the angles of depression of two ships
648 km/hour, find the constant height at which
A and B, on opposite sides of the tower as 45c
the jet is flying.
and 38c respectively. If the foot of the tower and
QUESTION 116. Main 2011 the ships are in the same horizontal line find the
117.A kite is flying at a height of 90 m above the distance between the two ships A and B to the
ground. The string attached to the kite is nearest metre.
temporarily tied to a point on the ground. The (Use Mathematical Tables for this question.)
inclination of the string with the ground is 60c.
Find the length of the string assuming that there
is no slack in the string.
QUESTION 117. Comp 2010
118.The shadow of a tower standing on a level ground
is found to be 40 m longer when the Sun’s altitude
is 30c, then when it is 60c. Find the height of the
tower.
QUESTION 118. Main 2011
119.A man in a boat rowing away from a light house
100 m high takes 2 minutes to change the angle QUESTION 123. Comp 2023
of elevation of the top of the light house from 60c 124.The angle of elevation of the top of a building
to 30c. Find the speed of the boat in metres per from the foot of the tower is 30c and the angle of
minute. 6Use 3 = 1.732@ elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of

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the building is 60c. If the tower is 60 m high, find
the height of the building.
QUESTION 124. Main 2022 Sem II
125.Two lamp posts AB and CD each of heights 100 m
are on either side of the road. P is a point on the
road between the two lamp pasts. The angles of
elevation of the top of the lamp posts from the
point P are 40º and 60º. Find the distance PB
and PD.
QUESTION 125. Comp 2022
126.The angle of elevation of the top of a hill at the
foot of a tower is 60c and the angle of elevation
of the top of the tower from the foot of the hill
is 30c. If the tower is 50 m high, find the height
of the hill.
QUESTION 126. Main 2020
127.From the top of a cliff, the angle of depression of
the top and bottom of a tower are observed to
be 45° and 60°, respectively. If the height of the
tower is 20 m.
Find
(i) the height of the cliff.
(ii) the distance between the cliff and the tower.
QUESTION 127. Comp 2020
128.Two men standing on opposite sides of a tower
measure the angles of elevation of he top of the
tower as 30c and 60c respectively. If the height of
the tower in 20 m, then find the distance between
the two men.
QUESTION 128. Main 2019
129.A man observes the angle of elevation of the top
of the tower to be 45°. He walks towards it in a
horizontal line through its base. On covering 20 m
the angle of elevation changes to 60°. Find the
height of the tower correct to 2 significant figures.
QUESTION 129. Comp 2019
130.The horizontal distance between two towers is 60
m. The angle of elevation of the top of the taller
tower as seen from the top of the shorter one is
30º. If the height of the taller tower is 150 m, then
find the height of the shorter tower.
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QUESTION 130. Main 2018
131.The angle of elevation from a point P of the top
tower QR , 50 m heigh is 60c and that of the tower
PT from a point Q is 30c. Find the height of the
tower PT , correct to the nearest metre.
QUESTION 131. Comp 2018
132.The angle of elevation of the top of a building
from the foot of the tower is 30c and the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of
the building is 45c. If the tower is 30 m high, find
the height of the building.
QUESTION 132. Comp 2017
133.From the top of a 7 m high building, the angle
of elevation of the top of a tower is 60c and the
angle of depression of its foot is 45c. Find the
height of the tower. (Use 3 = 1.732 )
QUESTION 133. Main 2016
134.An aeroplane at an altitude of 1500 m finds
that two ships are sailing towards it in the same
direction. The angles of depression as observed
from the aeroplane are 45c and 30c, respectively.
Find the distance between the two ships.
QUESTION 134. Comp 2016
135.The angle of depression of the top and bottom of
a building 50 metres high as observed from the
top of a tower are 30c and 45c respectively. Find
the height of the tower and also the horizontal
distance between the building and the tower.
QUESTION 135. Main 2015
136.The horizontal distance between two towers is
120 m. The angle of elevation of the top angle
depression of the bottom of the first tower as
observed from the second tower is 30c and 24c
respectively.
Find the height of the two towers. Give your
answer correct to 3 significant figures.
QUESTION 136. Comp 2015
137.From a top of a building 100 m high the angle
of depression of two objects are on the same side
observed to be 45c and 60c. Find the distance
between the objects.
QUESTION 137. Main 2014
138.An aeroplane at an altitude of 250 m observes the
angles of depression of two boats on the opposite
banks of a river to be 45c and 60c, respectively.
Find width of the river. Write the answer correct
to the nearest whole number.
QUESTION 138. Comp 2014
139.A person standing on the bank of a river, observes
that the angle of elevation of the top of the tree
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standing on the opposite bank is 60c. When he
retreats 20 m from the bank, he finds the angle
of elevation to be 30c. Find the height of the tree
and the breadth of the river.
QUESTION 139. Main 2013
140.In the given figure, from the top of building
AB = 60 m high, the angles of depression of the
top and bottom of a vertical lamp post CD are
observed to be 30c and 60c, respectively.
Find
(i) the horizontal distance observed between AB
and CD .
(ii) the height of the lamp post.
QUESTION 140. Comp 2013
141.At a point A, 20 metre above the level of water
in a lake, the angle of elevation of a cloud is 30c
. The angle of depression of the reflection of the
cloud in the lake, at A is 60c. Find the distance
of the cloud from A ?
QUESTION 141. Main 2012
142.As observed from the top of a 80 m tall light
house, the angles of depression of two ships on the
same side of the light house in horizontal line with
its base are 30c and 40c, respectively. Find the
distance between the two ships. Give your answer
correct to the nearest metre.
QUESTION 142. Comp 2012
143.A moving boat observed from the top of a 150 m
high cliff moving away from the cliff. The angle of
depression of the boat changes from 60c to 45c in
2 minutes. Find the speed of the boat.
QUESTION 143. Main 2011
144.A man observes the angle of elevation of the top
of a building to be 30c. He walks towards it in
a horizontal line through its base. On covering
60 m, the angle of elevation changes to 60c. Find
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the height of the building correct to the nearest
metre.
QUESTION 144. Comp 2011
145.From the top of a building 60 m high the angles
of depression of the top and the bottom of a tower
are observed to be 30c and 60c. Find the height
of the tower.
QUESTION 145. Main 2010
146.From the top of a light house 100 m high, the
angles of depression of two ships on opposite
sides of it, are 48c and 36c, respectively. Find
the distance between the two ships to the nearest
metre.
QUESTION 146. Comp 2010
147.An angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 60 m
above the surface of the water of a lake is 30c and
the angle of depression of its shadow in water is
60c. Find the height of the cloud from the surface
of water.
QUESTION 147. Comp 2009
148.An observer finds the angle of elevation of the top
of the tower from a certain point on the ground
as 30c. If the observer moves 20 m, towards the
base of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top
increase by 15c, find the height of the tower.
QUESTION 148. Main 2009
149.From two points, A and B on the same side of
a building, the angles of elevation of the top of
the building are 30c and 60c, respectively. If
the height of the building is 10 m, then find the
distance between A and B correct to two decimal
places.
QUESTION 149. Main 2008
150.A vertical pole and a vertical are on the same
level ground. From the top of the pole, the angle
of elevation of the top of the tower is 60c and the
angle of depression of the foot of the tower is 30c
. Find the height of the tower, if the height of the
ple is 20 m.
QUESTION 150. Comp 2008
151.The horizontal distance between two towers is 60
m. The angle of elevation of the top of the taller
tower as seen from the top of the shorter one is
30º. If the height of the taller tower is 150 m, then
find the height of the shorter tower.
QUESTION 151. Main 2007
152.From the top of a hill, the angles of depression
of two consecutive kilometre stones, due east are
found to be 30c and 45c, respectively. Find the
distance of the two stones from the foot of the
hill.
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QUESTION 152.
153.From the top of a 120 m high tower, a man
Comp 2007
observes two cars on the opposite sides of the
tower and in straight line with the base of tower
with angles of repression as 60c and 45c. Find the
distance between two cars.
QUESTION 153. Main 2006, Main 2002
154.The shadow of a vertical tower on a level ground
increases by 10 m, when the altitude of the sum
changes from 45c to 30c. Find the height of the
tower correct to two decimal places.
QUESTION 154. Comp 2006
155.The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a
distance of 120 m from a point A on the ground
flagstaff fixed at the top of the tower, at A is
60c, then find the height of the flagstaff. [Use
3 = 1.73 ]
QUESTION 155. Comp 2005
156.The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a
point A on the ground is 60c. After a flight of
15 seconds, the angle of elevation changed to 30c
. If the aeroplane is flying at a constant height of
1500 3 m, find the speed of the plane in km/hr.
QUESTION 156. Main 2004
157.Two people standing on the same side of a tower
in a straight line with it, measure the angles of
elevation of the top of the tower at 25c and 50c
, respectively. If the height of the tower is 70 m,
then find the distance between the two people.
QUESTION 157. Comp 2004
158.From a point P on the ground, the angle of
elevation of the top of a tower is 30c and that
of the top of the flagstaff is 45c. If height of
flagstaff is 5 m, find the height of the tower.
^ 3 = 1.732h
QUESTION 158. Main 2003
159.A man standing on the bank of a river observes
that the angle of elevation of a tree on the opposite
bank is 60c. When he moves 50 m away from the
bank, then he find the angle of elevation to be 30c
. Calculate
(i) the width of the river.
(ii) the height of the tree.
QUESTION 159. Comp 2003
160.From a point P on the ground, the angles of
elevation of the top of a 10 m tall building and
a helicopter, hovering at some height vertically
over the top of the building are 30c and 60c
respectively. Find the height of the helicopter
above the ground.
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QUESTION 160. Comp 2002
161.An aeroplane is flying at a height of 300 m above
the ground. Flying at this height the angle of
depression from the aeroplane of two points on
both banks of a respectively. Find the width of
the river. River in opposite direction are 45c and
60c.
QUESTION 161. Comp 2001
162.From the top of a tower of height 50 m, the angles
of depression of the top and bottom of a pole are
30c and 45c respectively. Find :
(i) How far the pole is from the bottom of the
tower,
(ii) The height of the pole. (Use 3 = 1.732 )
QUESTION 162. Main 2000
163.From a window A, 10 m above ground, the angle
of elevation of the top C of a tower is xc, where
tan xc = 52 and the angle of depression of the foot
D of the tower is yc, where tan yc = 14 , see the
figure given along side. Calculate the height CD
of the tower in metre.
QUESTION 163. Comp 2000
164.A boy observes that the angle of elevation of a
bird flying at a distance of 100 m is 30c. At the
same distance from the boy, a girl finds the angle
of elevation of the same bird from a building 20
m high is 45c. Find the distance of the bird from
the girl.
QUESTION 164. Main 2001
165.A vertical tower is 20 m high. A man standing
at some distance from the tower knows that the
cosine of the angle of elevation of the top of the
tower is 0.53. How far is he standing from the foot
of the tower?
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