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1. The person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle
subtended by a tree on the opposite bank is 600 . When he retires 40 m
from the bank , he finds the angle to be 300 . The breadth of the river is ?
2. A tower subtends an angle P at point A in the plane of its base and the
angle of depression of the foot of the tower at a point L meters just above A
is Q. The height of the tower is ?
3. From a 60m high tower , angles of depression of the top and bottom of the
60 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝐵−𝐴)
house are A and B respectively. If the height of the house is , then
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x=?
4. A ladder is 5m long leans against a vertical wall. The bottom of the ladder is
3m from the wall. If the bottom of a ladder is pulled 1m farther from the
wall, how much does the top of the ladder slide down the wall.
5. A flag post 20m high standing on the top of a house subtends an angle
whose tangent is 1/6 at a distance 70 m from the foot of the house. The
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height of the house is ?
6. A house of height 100m subtends a right angle at the window of an opposite
house. If the height of the window be 64m, then the distance between the
two houses is ?
7. The angle of elevation of a stationary cloud from a point 2500m above a
lake is 150 and the angle of depression of its reflection in the lake is 450 .
The height of the cloud above the lake level is ?
8. From a point ‘a’ metre above a lake the angle of elevation of a cloud is A and
the angle of depression of its reflection is B. The height of the cloud is ?
9. ABCD is a rectangular field. A vertical lamp post of height 12 m stands at the
corner A. If the angle of elevation of its top from B is 600 and from C is 450 ,
then the area of the field is ?
10. A pole stands vertically inside a triangular park ABC. If the angle of
elevation of the top of the pole from each corner of the park is same then in
triangle ABC the foot of the pole is at the
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a) Centroid b) Circumcentre c) Incentre d) Orthocentre
11. For a man, the angle of elevation of the highest point of the temple
situated east of him is 600 . On walking 240 m to north, the angle of
elevation is reduced to 300 , then the height of the temple is
12. If each side of length ‘a’ of an equilateral triangle subtend an angle of 600
at the top of a tower ‘h’ meters high situated at the centre of the triangle,
then
(A) 3a2 = 2h2 (B) 2a2 = 3h2 (C) a2 = 3h2 (D) 3a2 = h2
13. A pole 50 m high stands on a building 250 m high. To an observer at a
height of 300 m, the building and the pole subtend equal angles. The
horizontal distance of the observer from the pole is
14. OAB is a triangle in the horizontal plane through the foot P of the tower at
the middle point of the side OB of the triangle. If OA = 2 m, OB = 6 m, AB = 5
m and ∠AOB is equal to the angle subtended by the tower at A, then the
height of the tower is
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15. Two vertical poles of 20 m and 80 m high stand apart on horizontal plane.
The height of the point of intersection of the lines joining the top of each
pole to the foot of the other, from the horizontal plane is
(A) 12 m (B) 15 m (C) 16 m (D) 18 m
16. A man observes a tower AB of height h from a point P on the ground. He
moves a distance d towards the foot of the tower and finds that the angle of
elevation is doubled. He further moves a distance (¾)d in same direction
and finds that the angle of elevation is three times the angle that at P. What
is the ratio of h : d?
