Question : The angles of elevation of the top of a temple, from the foot and the top of a building 30 m high, are 60° and 30°, respectively. Then the height of the temple is:
Option 1: 50 metres
Option 2: 43 metres
Option 3: 40 metres
Option 4: 45 metres
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Correct Answer: 45 metres
Solution : AB = Height of building = 30 metres. CD = Height of temple = $h$ metres. AB = CE = 30 metres. ∴ DE = $(h – 30)$ metres; BC = AE = $x$ metres $\angle$DAE = 30°; $\angle$DBC = 60° In ∆BCD, $\tan 60° = \frac{CD}{BC}$ ⇒ $\sqrt{3}=\frac{h}{x}$ ⇒ $x=\frac{h}{\sqrt{3}}$---(1) In ∆ ADE, $\tan 30° = \frac{DE}{AE}$ ⇒ $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{h-30}{x}$ ⇒ $x=\sqrt{3}h-30\sqrt{3}$----(2) Putting the value of $x$ in equation 2 we get, = $\frac{h}{\sqrt{3}}=\sqrt{3}h – 30\sqrt{3}$ ⇒ $3h – h = 30×3$ ⇒ $2h = 90$ ⇒ $h=45$ metres. Hence, the correct answer is 45 metres.
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Question : The angle of elevation of the top of the pillar from the foot and the top of a building 20 m high, are 60° and 30°, respectively. The height of the pillar is:
Option 1: $10$ m
Option 2: $10\sqrt{3}$ m
Option 3: $60$ m
Option 4: $30$ m
Question : From the top of a building 60 metres high, the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a tower are observed to be $30^{\circ}$ and $60^{\circ}$, respectively. The height of the tower in metres is:
Option 1: 40
Option 2: 45
Option 3: 50
Option 4: 55
Question : From the top of a 20 metres high building, the angle of elevation from the top of a tower is 60° and the angle of depression of its foot is at 45°, then the height of the tower is: $(\sqrt{3} = 1.732)$
Option 1: 45.46 metres
Option 2: 45.64 metres
Option 3: 54.64 metres
Option 4: 54.46 metres
Question : Two persons are on either side of a temple, 75 m high, observe the angle of elevation from the top of the temple to be 30° and 60°, respectively. The distance between the persons is:
Option 1: 173.2 metres
Option 2: 100 metres
Option 3: 157.7 metres
Option 4: 273. 2 metres
Question : Two men are on opposite sides of a tower. They measure the angles of elevation of the top of the tower as 30° and 45°, respectively. If the height of the tower is 50 metres, the distance between the two men is: (take $\sqrt{3}=1.732$)
Option 1: $136.6$ metres
Option 2: $50\sqrt{3}$ metres
Option 3: $100\sqrt{3}$ metres
Option 4: $135.5$ metres
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