Question : A Navy captain is going away from a lighthouse at the speed of $4(\sqrt3–1)$ m/s. He observed that it took him 1 minute to change the angle of elevation of the top of the lighthouse from 60° to 45°. What is the height (in meters) of the lighthouse?
Option 1: $240\sqrt{3}$
Option 2: $480(\sqrt{3}–1)$
Option 3: $360\sqrt{3}$
Option 4: $280\sqrt{2}$
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Correct Answer: $240\sqrt{3}$
Solution : Given: A Navy captain is going away from a lighthouse at the speed of $4(\sqrt3-1)$m/s. Let the base length be $B_{1}$ when the elevation is 60° and the base length be $B_{2}$ when the elevation is 45° and the height of the lighthouse be H. Distance between the $B_{2} - B_{1} = 4[(\sqrt{3} - 1)] × 60$ metres. When the elevation is 60°, then $\tan \ \theta = \frac{H}{B_{1}}$ $⇒\tan \ 60° = \frac{H}{B_{1}}$ $⇒\sqrt{3} = \frac{H}{B_{1}}$ $⇒B_{1} = \frac{H}{\sqrt{3}}$ When the elevation is 45°, then $\tan \ \theta = \frac{H}{B_{2}}$ $⇒\tan \ 45° = \frac{H}{B_{2}}$ $⇒B_{2} = H$ Now, $B_{2} - B_{1} = 4[(\sqrt{3} - 1)] × 60$ metres $⇒H - \frac{H}{\sqrt{3}}= 4[(\sqrt{3} - 1)] × 60$ $⇒H(\frac{\sqrt{3} \:-\: 1}{\sqrt{3}}) = 4[(\sqrt{3} - 1)] × 60$ $\therefore H = 240\sqrt{3}$ m Hence, the correct answer is $240\sqrt{3}$.
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Question : The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 45°. After flying for 15 seconds, the elevation changes to 30°. If the aeroplane is flying at a height of 2500 metres, then the speed of the aeroplane in km/h is:
Option 1: $600$
Option 2: $600(\sqrt{3}+1)$
Option 3: $600\sqrt{3}$
Option 4: $600(\sqrt{3}–1)$
Question : The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 60°. After flying for 30 seconds, the angle of elevation changes to 30°. If the aeroplane is flying at a height of 4500 metres, then what is the speed (in m/s) of an aeroplane?
Option 1: $50\sqrt3$
Option 2: $100\sqrt3$
Option 3: $200\sqrt3$
Option 4: $300\sqrt3$
Question : From 40 metres away from the foot of a tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 60°. What is the height of the tower?
Option 1: $\frac{120}{\sqrt{3}}$ m
Option 2: $\frac{60}{{\sqrt3}}$ m
Option 3: $\frac{50}{{\sqrt3}}$ m
Option 4: $\frac{130}{{\sqrt7}}$ m
Question : Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two sides of a lighthouse. The angles of elevation of the top of the lighthouse as observed from the two ships are 30° and 45°, respectively. If the lighthouse is 100 m high, the distance between the two ships is: (take $\sqrt{3}= 1.73$)
Option 1: 173 metres
Option 2: 200 metres
Option 3: 273 metres
Option 4: 300 metres
Question : At 129 m away from the foot of a cliff on level ground, the angle of elevation of the top of the cliff is 30°. The height of this cliff is:
Option 1: $50\sqrt{3}$ m
Option 2: $45\sqrt{3}$ m
Option 3: $43\sqrt{3}$ m
Option 4: $47\sqrt{3}$ m
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