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ASSIGNMENT: HEIGHT AND DISTANCES

Type I
1. A tower stands vertically on the round. From a point on the ground which is 60m away from the foot of the tower, the
angle of elevation of the top of the tower is found to be 600. Find the height of the tower. (Ans. h = 60 � m)
2. A kite is flying a height of 90 m above the ground. The string attached to the kite is temporarily tied to a point on the
ground. The inclination of the string with the ground is 600. Find the length of the string assuming that there is no slack
in the string. [ Take 3 = 1.732] (Ans. 103.92 m)
3. The height of a tower is 45m. if the angle of elevation of the sun is 30 , find the length of the shadow formed at that
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time [ Take 3 = 1.732]. (Ans. Shadow of the tower is 77. 85 m)

4. A circus artist is climbing a rope 12m long which is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a vertical pole to the
ground. Find the height of the pole, if the angle made by the rope with the ground is 300. (Ans. h = 6m)
5. From a point on the ground 129m away from the base of a pole, the elevation of the top of a pole was found to be 300. Find
the vertical height of the pole. [ Use 3 = 1.732] (Ans. 69.28 m)

Type I (B)
6. An electric pole is 10 m high. If its shadow is 10 3 m in length, find the angle of elevation of the sun at that time.
(Ans.  = 300)
7. 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 300 with the ground. The distance from the foot of the tree to the point, where the top touches the ground, is 8
m. find the height of the tree. (see fig) (Ans. 8 � �)
D

C
y

x
300
A
8 m B
8. From the top of a 10 m tall tower, the angle of depression of a point on a ground was found to be 600. How for is the point
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from the base of the tower? (Ans. � = �
m)
9. A player sitting on the top of a tower of height 20m observes the angle of depression of a ball lying on the ground as 600.
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Find the distance between the foot of the tower and the ball. (Ans. �
m)
10. A tree is broken by the wind. The top struck the ground at an angle of 30 and at a distance of 30 meters from its
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root. Find the whole height of the tree. . [ Use 3 = 1.732] (Ans. 51.96)
11. The upper part of a tree is broken over by the wind makes an angle of 300 with the ground and the horizontal
distance from the root of tree to the point, where the top of tree meets the ground is 25m. Find the height of tree
before it was broken. (Ans. 25 � m)

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Type II
12. If the shadow of a tower is 30 m long when the sun’s elevation is 300, what is the length of the shadow, when sun’s
elevation is 600? (Ans. y = 10 m)
13. As observed from the top of a light house 100m high above sea-level the angle of depression of a ship sailing
directly towards it, changes from 300+ to 600. Determine the distance travelled by the ship during the period of
observation. [ Use 3 = 1.732] (Ans. 115.48 m)
14. From the top of a light house, the angle of a depression of a ship sailing towards it was found to be 300. After 10 seconds,
the angle of depression changes to 600. Assuming that the ship is sailing at uniform speed, find how much time it will
take to reach the light house.

Type II (B)

15. A vertical tower is surmounted by a flag staff of height 5 meters. At a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of
bottom and top of flag staff are 450 and 600 respectively. Find the height of the tower. (Ans. 6.83 m)
16. A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of the tree standing on the
opposite bank is 600. When he moves 30 m away from the bank, he finds the angle of elevation to be 300. Find the
height of the tree and the width of the river. (Ans. 15 m)
17. The shadow of a vertical tower on level ground increases by 16 m when the altitude of the sun changes from
angles of elevation 600 TO 450. Find the height of the tower correct to one place of decimal. [ Use 3 = 1.732]
(Ans. 37.8 m)
18. A person standing on the bank of the river observes that the angle subtended by a tree on the opposite bank is 600. When
he retreats 20 m from the bank he finds the angle to be 300, find the height of the tree. (Ans. 17.32 m)
19. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a point on the ground is 45 . After going 40 m towards his foot of the
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tower, the angle of an elevation of the top of tower changes to 600. Find the height of the tower. [ Use 3 = 1.732]
(Ans. 94.6 m)
20. The shadow of a tower standing on a level ground is found to be 40 m longer when the sun’s altitude is 300 than when it
is 600. Find the height of the tower. (Ans. 20 � m)

Type II (C)
21. From the top of a hill the angles of depression of two consecutive kilometer stones due east are found to be 300
and 600. Find the height of the hill. (Ans. 865 m)

Type II (D)
22. Two men on either side of a 60 m high cliff observe the angles of elevation of the top of the cliff to be 450 and 600
respectively. Find the distance between the two men. (Ans. 20(3 + � ) m)
23. Two pillars of equal height are on either side of a road, which is 100 m wide. The angles of elevation of the top of the
pillars are 600 and 300 at a point on the road between the pillars . Find the position of the point between the pillars on
the road and the height of the pillars. (Ans. Required distance = 75m from a pillar and 25 m from another pillar Height
of the pillars = 43.25m)
24. The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot tower is 300 and the angle of elevation of the top of the
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tower from the foot of the building is 600. If the tower is 50 m high, find the height of the building. (Ans. x = �� � �)
25. An aeroplane at an altitude of 200 m observes the angles od a depression oftwo optical points on two banks of the rivers
to be 450 and 600. Find in meters the width of the river. [ Use 3 = 1.732] (Ans. 315.5m)

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Type III
26. The angle of elevation of top of a tower two points at a distance of 4 an and 9 m from the base of tower and in the
same straight line with it are 600 and 300 respectively . Prove that height of the tower is 6 m. (Ans. h = 6m)
27. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from two points distant a and b from the base and in the same straight
line with it are complementary. Prove that the height of tower is ab.

Type IV
28. From a point P on the ground the angle of elevation of the top of a 10 m tall building is 300. A flag is hoisted at the top
of the building and the angle of elevation of the top of the flagstaff from P is 450. Find the length of the flagstaff. [ Take
3 = 1.732] (Ans. 7.32m)
29. A vertical tower is surmounted by a flag staff of height 5 meters. At a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of
bottom and top of flag staff are 450 and 600 respectively. Find the height of the tower. (Ans. 6.83 m)

Type V
30. From a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the bottom and top of a transmission tower fixed at the top 20 m
high building are 450 and 600 respectively. Find the height of the transmission tower. (Ans. 20( � – 1)m)
31. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of an 8m tall building from the top of a multistoreyed building are 300
and 450 respectively. Find the height of the multistoreyed building and the distance between the two buildings.
(Ans. height of multistory building = 4(3 + �)m and distance between buildings = 4(3 + �)m)
32. A tower is 60m high. From the top of it the angles of depression of the top and the bottom of a tree are found to be 300
and 600 respectively. Find the height of the tree and its distance from the tower.
(Ans. Height of the tree is 40 m and its distances from the tower is 20 � m)
33. From a window , 60m high above the ground of a house in a street, the angles of elevation and depression of the
top and foot of another house on the opposite side of the street are 600 and 450 respectively. Show that the height
of the opposite house is 60 (1+ 3 ) meters.
34. 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 300 and 600 respectively . Find the height of the tower. (Ans. 40m)
35. From the top 50 m high tower angles of depression of the top and bottom of a pole are observed to be 300 and
450 respectively . Find the height of the pole. . [ Take 3 = 1.732] (Ans. 21.16m)

Type VII
36. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 450. After flying for 15 seconds the angle of
elevation changes to 300. If the aeroplane is flying at a constant height of 2500 m, find the average speed of the aeroplane.
(Ans. 439.2 km/h)
37. An aeroplane is flying at a height of 2500 m above the ground. From a point on the ground the angle of elevation of this
aeroplane was found to be 600. If after 15 second of horizontal flight, the angle of elevation changes to 300, find the
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speed of the aeroplane. (Ans. �
� m/s )
38. An aeroplane flying horizontally 1 km above the ground is observed at an elevation of 60 . After a flight of 10 seconds,
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its angle of elevation is observed to be 300 from the same point on the ground. Find the speed of the aeroplane in km/h.
(Ans. 415.7km/h)
39. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point A on the ground is 60 . After a flight 30 seconds, the angle of
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elevation changes to 300. If the plane is flying at a constant height of 3600 3 m, find the speed of the plane in km/h.
(Ans. 864 km/h)
40. An aeroplane flying horizontally 1 km above the ground is observed at an elevation of 600. After 10 seconds, its
elevation is observed to be 300. Find the speed of the aeroplane in km/h. (Ans. 24 � km/h)

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41. The angle of elevation of a jet plane from a point A on the ground is 600. After a flight of 15 seconds the angle of
elevation changes to 300. If the jet plane is flying at a constant height of 1500 3 meter, find the speed of the jet
plane. (Ans. 720 km/h)

Type VII (B)

42. An aircraft is flying at a constant height with a speed of 360 km/hour. From a point on the ground, the angle of
elevation was observed to be 450. After 20 seconds, the angle of elevation was observed to be 300. Determine the height
at which the aircraft is flying. [ Use 3 = 1.732] (Ans. 2.732 km)

Type VIII

43. A man on the top of a vertical tower by the ship during the period of observation is 115.48 m. it takes 12
minutes for the angle of depression to change from 300 to 450, how soon after this car will reach the tower?
(Ans. 16.392 minutes)
A
300
450

D C B

44. A straight highways leads to the foot of a tower, a man standing at the top of tower observes a car at an angle of
depression 300, which is approaching the foot of the tower with a uniform speed. Six second later, the angle of
depression of the car is found to be 600. Find the time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower from this point.
(Ans. 3 seconds)

Type IX
45. An observer 1.5 m tall is 28.5 m away from a tower. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from his eyes is 450.
What is the height of the tower? (Ans. Height of the tower = 30m)
46. A boy 2 m tall standing at some distance from a 30 m tall building. The angle of elevation from his eyes of the top of
the building increases from 300 to 600 as he walks towards the building. Find the distance he walked towards the
�� �
building. (Ans. �
m )
Type X
47. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 200 m above the lake is 300 and the angle of depression of its
reflection in the lake is 600, find the height of the cloud above the lake. (Ans. H = 400m)
48. A man standing on the deck of the ship which is 10 m above the sea level, observes the angle of elevation of the
top of the cloud as 300 and angle of depression of its reflection in the sea was found to be 600. Find the height of
the cloud and also the distance of the cloud from the ship. (Ans. 10 � m)
49. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 60 m above the lake is 300 and the angle of depression of its reflection in
the lake is 600. Find the height of the cloud above the lake. (Ans. H = 120 m)

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