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Height & Distance / Å¡pkbZ vkSj nwjh

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1. Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two ,d ehukj ds 'kh"kZ vkSj ry dks 100 ehVj Å¡ph igkM+h dh
sides of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation pksVh ls 30
º vkSj 60º ds voueu dks.kksa ij ns•k x;kA
of the top of the lighthouse is observed from
ehukj dh ÅapkbZ Kkr dhft;s\
the ships are 30° and 45° respectively. If the
(a) 42.2 mts (b) 33.45 mts
lighthouse is 100 m high, the distance between
(c) 66.6 mts (d) 58.78 mts
the two ships is:
6. A flagstaff 17.5 m high casts a shadow of length
,d çdk'k LraHk ds nksuksa vksj leqæ esa nks tgkt py jgs40.25 m. What will be the height of a building,
gSaA tgktksa ls çdk'k LraHk ds 'kh"kZ dk mUu;u dks.k Øe'k%
which casts a shadow of length 28.75 m under
30º vkSj 45º ns•k tkrk gSA ;fn ykbVgkml 100 ehVj similar conditions ?

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Å¡pk gS] rks nksuksa tgktksa ds chp dh nwjh gS% 17-5 ehVj Å¡ps ,d èotnaM dh Nk;k 40-25 ehVj yach

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(a) 150 m (b) 200 m gSA ,d Hkou dh Å¡pkbZ fdruh gksxh] ftldh Nk;k leku
(c) 273 m an by (d) 400 m ifjfLFkfr;ksa esa 28-75 ehVj yach gksrh gS\ \
2. An observer 1.6 m tall is 203 m away from a (a) 14 cm (b) 13.5 cm
tower. The angle of elevation from his eye to

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(c) 12.5 cm (d) 11.4 cm
the top of the tower is 30°. The height of the 7. A tower is broken at a point P above the ground.
tower is: The top of the tower makes an angle 60° with
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1-6 ehVj yack ,d i;Zos{kd ,d Vkoj ls 20 3 ehVj nwj
R s
the ground at Q. From another point R on the
gSA mldh vk¡• ls ehukj ds f'k•j dk mUu;u dks.kº 30 opposite side of Q angle of elevation of point
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gSA Vkoj dh ÅapkbZ gS% P is 30°. If QR = 180 m, then what is the total
(a) 21.6 m (b) 23.2 m height (in metres) of the tower?
(c) 24.72 m (d) None of these tehu ds Åij ,d fcanq P ij ,d Vkoj VwVk gqvk gSA
VkWoj dk 'kh"kZ
Q ij tehu ds lkFk 60 º dk dks.k cukrk
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3. From a point P on a level ground, the angle of

elevation of the top tower is 30°. If the tower gSAQ ds foijhr fn'kk esa ,d vU; fcanqR ls fcanq
P dk
is 100 m high, the distance of point P from mUu;u dks.k º30gSA ;fnQR = 180 ehVj gS] rks Vkoj
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the foot of the tower is:

dh dqy ÅapkbZ (ehVj esa) fdruh gS\
lery Hkwfe ij fLFkr ,d fcanqP ls] 'kh"kZ ehukj
dk (a) 97 (b) 603
mUu;u dks.k º30gSA ;fn Vkoj 100 ehVj Åapk gS] rks (c) 45(3+4) (d) 45(3 + 2)
Vkoj ds vk/kj ls fcanq
P dh nwjh gS% 8. A ladder is resting against a vertical wall and
(a) 161 m (b) 170 m its bottom is 2.5 m away from the wall. If it
(c) 173 m (d) 200 m slips 0.8 m down the wall, then its bottom
4. A vertical toy 16 cm long casts a shadow 8 will move away from the wall by 1.4 m. What
cm long on the ground. At the same time a is the length of the ladder?
pole casts a shadow 48 cm long on the ground. ,d lh<+h ,d •M+h nhokj ds lgkjs fVdh gS vkSj mldk
Then find the height of the pole ? ry nhokj ls 2-5 ehVj dh nwjh ij gSA ;fn ;g nhokj ls
16 lsaVhehVj yack ,d ÅèokZ/j f•ykSuk tehu ij 8 0-8 ehVj uhps f•ldrh gS] rks bldk ry nhokj ls 1-4
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lsaVhehVj yach Nk;k cukrk gSA mlh le; ,d •aHks dh ehVj nwj pyk tk,xkA lh<+h dh yackbZ fdruh gS\
tehu ij 48 lseh yach Nk;k iM+rh gSA rks •aHks dh ÅapkbZ
(a) 6 m (b) 6.5 m
Kkr djsa\ (c) 6.9 m (d) 7 m
(a) 1080 cm (b) 96 cm 9. The tops of two poles of height 60 metres and
(c) 108 cm (d) 118 cm 35 metres are connected by a rope. If the rope
5. The top and bottom of a tower were seen to makes an angle with the horizontal whose
be at angles of depression 30° and 60° from 5
tangent is metres, then what is the distance
the top of a hill of height 100 m. Find the 9
height of the tower ? (in metres) between the two poles?

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60 ehVj vkSj 35 ehVj Å¡ps nks •aHkksa ds 'kh"kZ ,d 14.jLlhThe

ls angle of elevation of a ladder leaning
tqM+s gq, gSaA ;fn jLlh {kSfrt ls ,d dks.k cukrh gS ftldh against a wall is 60º and the foot of the ladder
is 4.6 m away from the wall. The length of
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Li'kZ js•k ehVj gS] rks nksuksa •aHkksa ds chp dh nwjh
the ladder is
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,d nhokj ls yxh lh<+h dk mUu;u dks.ko gS
60 vkSj lh<+h
(ehVj esa) D;k gS\
dk fupyk fljk nhokj ls 4-6 ehVj nwj gSA lh<+h dh
(a) 42 (b) 49
(c) 36 (d) 45 yEckbZ gS
10. The height of a tower is 300 meters. When its (a) 6 m (b) 7 m
top is seen from top of another tower,then (c) 9.2 m (d) 7.5 m
the angle of depression is 60°. The horizontal 15. Two trees are standing along the opposite sides
distance between the bases of the two towers of a road. Distance between the two trees is
is 120 metres. What is the height (in metres) 400 metres. There is a point on the road
of the small tower? between the trees. The angle of depressions
,d ehukj dh Å¡pkbZ 300 ehVj gSA tc bldk 'kh"kZ fdlh of the point from the top of the trees are 45º
vU; ehukj ds 'kh"kZ ls ns•k tkrk gS] rks voueu dks.k
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60 and 60º. If the height of the tree which makes
gksrk gSA nksuksa ehukjksa ds vk/kjksa ds chp dh {kSfrt 45º
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120 is 200 metres, then what will be

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ehVj gSA NksVs VkWoj dh ÅapkbZ (ehVj esa) fdruh gS\ the height (in metres) of the other tree?

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(a) 88.24 (b) 106.71 ,d lM+d ds foijhr fn'kk esa nks isM+ •M+s gSaA nksuk
(c) 92.4
an by (d) 112.64 ds chp dh nwjh 400 ehVj gSA isM+ksa ds chp lM+d ij ,d
11. The angles of elevation of the top of a tree
220 meters high from two points lie on the fcanq gSA isM+ksa ds 'kh"kZ ls fcanq ds voueu
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vkSj dks.k

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same plane are 30° and 45°. What is the distance 60 gSaA ;fn 45
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dks.k cukus okys isM+ dh ÅapkbZ 20
(in metres) between the two points? ehVj gS] rks nwljs isM+ dh ÅapkbZ (ehVj esa) D;k gk
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,d gh ry ij fLFkr nks fcanqvksa ls 220 ehVj Å¡ps ,d isM+ (a) 200
R s
(b) 2003
ds 'kh"kZ ds mUu;u dks.k ° vkSj
30 45° gSaA nks fcanqvksa ds(c) 3003 (d) 265
a th

chp dh nwjh (ehVj esa) fdruh gS\ 16. A boat is moving away from an observation
(a) 190.22 (b) 140 tower. It makes an angle of depression of 60°
(c) 150 (d) 161.04 with an observer's eye when at a distance of
12. On a ground , there is a vertical tower with a 50m from the tower. After 8 sec., the angle of
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flagpole on its top . At a point 9 m away from depression becomes 30°. By assuming that it
the foot of the tower , the angles of elevation of is running in still water, the approximate speed
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the top and bottom of the flagpole are 60° and of the boat is
30° respectively . The height of the flagpole is
,d uko voyksdu Vkoj ls nwj tk jgh gSA ;g Vkoj ls 50
,d tehu ij ,d ÅèokZ/j ehukj gS ftlds 'kh"kZ ij ,d
èot LraHk gSA ehukj ds ikn ls 9 ehVj dh nwjh ij fLFkr ehVj dh nwjh ij i;Zos{kd dh vka• ds lkFk 60
° dk

,d fcanq ij èotLraHk ds 'kh"kZ vkSj ry ds mUu;u dks.k voueu dks.k cukrk gSA 8 lsdaM ds ckn voueu dks.k
Øe'k% 60 ° vkSj 30° gSaA èot LraHk dh ÅapkbZ gS 30o gks tkrk gSA ;g ekudj fd ;g 'kkar ty esa py jgh
(a) 56 m (b) 63 m gS] uko dh vuqekfur xfr gS
(c) 65m (d) 75 m (a) 37 km/hr (b) 39 km/hr
13. A ladder 13 m long reaches a window which is (c) 45 km/hr (d) 56 km/hr
12 m above the ground on side of a street. 17. A and B standing on same side of a wall and
Keeping its foot at the same point, the ladder observe that the angle of elevation to the top
A

is turned to the other side of the street to of the wall are 45º and 60º respectively. If the
each a window 5m high, then the width of height of the wall is 50 meter,the distance
the street is :
between A and B.
13 ehVj yach ,d lh<+h ,d f•M+dh rd igq¡prh gS tks
A vkSjB ,d nhokj ds ,d gh vksj •M+s gksdj ns•rs gSa
lM+d ds fdukjs tehu ls 12 ehVj Åij gSA vius iSj dks
fd nhokj ds 'kh"kZ dk mUu;u dks.k Øe'k%
º vkSj
4560º
mlh fcanq ij j•rs gq,] lh<+h dks lM+d ds nwljh vksj 5
ehVj Å¡ph f•M+dh dh vksj eksM+ fn;k tkrk gS] rks lM+d gSA ;fn nhokj dh ÅapkbZ 50 ehVj gS]
A vkSj
rksB ds
dh pkSM+kbZ gS% chp dh nwjhA
(a) 17 m (b) 19 m (a) 21.1 (b) 22.1
(c) 15.5 m (d) None (c) 13.9 (d) 14.65

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18. The angle of elevation of a flying drone from 23. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a
a point in the ground is 60º. After flying for 5 point on the ground is 60º. After flying for 40
seconds the angle of elevation drops to 30º. seconds, the angle of elevation changes to 30º.
If the drone is flying at the height of 10003 If the aeroplane is flying at a height of 6000m,
m the distance travelled by the drone is. then what is the speed (in m/s) of aeroplane?
tehu ij ,d fcanq ls mM+us okys Mªksu dk mUu;u dks.ktehu ij ,d fcanq ls ,d gokbZ tgkt dk mUu;u dks.k
60º gSA 5 lsdaM rd mM+ku Hkjus ds ckn mUu;u º dks.k 30
60º gSA 40 lsdaM rd mM+ku Hkjus ds ckn] mUu;u dk
rd fxj tkrk gSA ;fn Mªksu 1000
 3 ehVj dh mM+ku Hkj 30º esa cny tkrk gSA ;fn gokbZ tgkt 6000 ehVj dh
jgk gS rks Mªksu }kjk r; dh xbZ nwjh gSA ÅapkbZ ij mM+ jgk gS] rks gokbZ tgkt dh xfr (ehVj@lsd
(a) 1200m (b) 1000m
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(c) 2000m (d) None
(a) 503 (b) 1003
19. The angle of elevation of a pole from the two
points that are 75m and 48m away from its (c) 2003 (d) 3003
base are  and  respectively. If = 15º and  24. From the top of 75m high tower, the angle of
= 75º , then the height of the tower is: depression of two points A and B on opposite
side of the base of the tower on level ground
,d •aHks ds vk/kj ls 75 ehVj vkSj 48 ehVj dh nwjh ij
fLFkr nks fcanqvksa ls mUu;u dks.k vkSj
Øe'k%
 gSaA ;fn 3 5

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is  and  , such that tan=and tan= .
= 15º vkSj= 75º gks] rks ehukj dh ÅapkbZ gS% 4 8

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(a) 50m (b) 60m What is distance between A and B.
(c) 63m (d) 65m 75 ehVj Å¡ps VkWoj ds 'kh"kZ ls] lery tehu ij VkWoj ds
20. an by
From the top of a tower 60 meter high the
angle of depression of the top and bottom of a
vk/kj ds foijhr fn'kk esa nks fcanqvksa
A vkSj B dk

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pole are observed to be 45° and 60° respectively. 3
If the pole and tower stand on the same plane,
voueu dks.k  vkSj gS] tSls fd tan= vkSj
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the height of the pole in meters is
R s
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60 ehVj Å¡ps ,d ehukj ds 'kh"kZ ls ,d •aHks ds 'kh"kZ vkSj
tan= . A vkSjB ds chp dh nwjh D;k gS\
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ry dk voueu dks.k Øe'k% 45° vkSj 60° ns•k tkrk gSA
a th

(a) 220m (b) 170m

;fn •aHkk vkSj ehukj ,d gh ry ij •M+s gksa] rks •aHks dh(c) 185m (d) 190m
ÅapkbZ ehVj esa gS 25. The angle of elevation of a tower at a point
(a) 60(3 – 1) (b) 20(3 +3)
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(c) 603 (d) 20(3 + 1) 4

21. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower 90 m from it is cot–1   .Then the height of
5
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from two points at a distance of 9m and 16m the tower is

from the base of the tower and in the same
,d ehukj dk mlls 90 ehVj dh nwjh ij mUu;u dks.k
straight line with it are complementary. The
height of the tower is 4
cot–1   gSA rks ehukj dh ÅapkbZ gS
,d ehukj ds vk/kj ls vkSj mlh lh/h js•k esa 9 eh vkSj 5
16 eh dh nwjh ij fLFkr nks fcanqvksa ls ehukj ds 'kh"kZ(a)ds45 (b) 90
mUu;u dks.k iwjd gksrs gSaA ehukj dh Å¡pkbZ gS (c) 112.5 (d) 150
(a) 9 m (b) 11 m 26. The angles of elevation of the tops of two vertical
(c) 12 m (d) 10 m towers as seen from the middle point of the
22. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane as lines joining the foot of the towers are 45° &
observed from a point 30 m above the 60°.The ratio of the height of the towers is
transparent water-surface of a lake is 30° and Vkojksa ds vk/kj dks feykus okyh js•k ds eè; fcanq ls
A

the angle of depression of the image of the ns•s tkus okys nks ÅèokZ/j Vkojksa ds 'kh"kZ ds mUu;u
aeroplane in the water of the lake is 60°. The
height of the aeroplane from the water-surface
45° vkSj 60° gSaA Vkojksa dh ÅapkbZ dk vuqikr gS
of the lake is (a) 3 : 2 (b) 1 : 3
(c) 2 :3 (d) 2 : 1
,d >hy ds ikjn'khZ ty&lrg ls 30 ehVj Åij ,d fcanq
27. A man is standing on the deck of a ship, which
ls ns•us ij ,d gokbZ tgkt dk mUu;u dks.k 30° gS vkSj is 10m above water level. He observes the angle
>hy ds ikuh esa gokbZ tgkt ds çfrfcEc dk voueu of elevation of the top of a light house as 60º
dks.k 60° gSA >hy dh ty&lrg ls ok;q;ku dh Å¡pkbZ gS and the angle of depression of the base of
(a) 60 m (b) 42 m lighthouse as 30º. Find the height of the light
(c) 65 m (d) 75 m house.

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,d vkneh ,d tgkt ds Msd ij •M+k gS] tks ty Lrj ls 8000 7500

10 ehVj Åij gSA og ,d ykbV gkml ds 'kh"kZ dk mUu;u (a) 3 m (b)
7
m
dks.k 60° vkSj ykbVgkml ds vk/kj dk voueu dks.k
6600
30° ns•rk gSA ykbV gkml dh ÅapkbZ Kkr dhft,A (c) m (d) 1200m
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(a) 30m (b) 40m
(c) 45m (d) 38m 30. A car is moving at uniform speed towards a
28. From the top of a building 60m high, the angle tower. It takes 15 minutes for the angle of
of elevation and depression of the top and the depression from the top of tower to the car to
foot of another building are  and  change from 30º to 60º. What time after this,
respectively. Find the height of the second the car will reach the base of the tower?
building. ,d dkj ,d leku xfr ls ,d Vkoj dh vksj tk jgh gSA
60 ehVj Å¡ps ,d Hkou ds 'kh"kZ ls] ,d vU; Hkou ds VkWoj ds f'k•j ls dkj ds voueu dks.k dks °30 ls 60 °
'kh"kZ vkSj ikn ds mUu;u vkSj voueu dks.kØe'k%
vkSj esa cnyus esa 15 feuV dk le; yxrk gSA blds fdrus
 gSaA nwljs Hkou dh Å¡pkbZ Kkr dhft,A le; ckn dkj Vkoj ds vk/kj ij igqapsxh\
(a) 60(1 + tan tan) (a) 6 min (b) 6.5 min
(b) 60(1 + cottan) (c) 7 min (d) 7.5 min

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(c) 60(1 + tan cot) 31. A man is watching from the top of a tower, a

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(d) 60(1 – tancot) boat speeding away from the tower. The angle
29. An aeroplane, when 4000m high from the of depression from the top of the tower to
an by
ground, pass vertically above another aeroplane
at an instance when the angles of elevation
the boat is 60º when the boat is 80m from the
tower. After 10 seconds, the angle of depression
becomes 30º. What is the speed of the boat?

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of the two aeroplanes from the same point on
the ground are 60º and 30º respectively. Find (Assume that the boat is running in still water).
the vertical distance between the two aero ,d vkneh ,d ehukj ds Åij ls ns• jgk gS] ,d uko
ja ehukj ls nwj tk jgh gSA tc uko Vkoj ls 80 ehVj dh nwjh
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planes.
,d gokbZ tgkt] tc tehu ls 4000 ehVj Å¡pk gksrk gS] ij gS rks Vkoj ds 'kh"kZ ls uko dk voueu dks.k
° gSA
60 10
a th

,d nwljs gokbZ tgkt ds Åij ls yacor :i ls xqtjrk gS] lsdaM ds ckn voueu dks.k 30 ° gks tkrk gSA uko dh xfr
tc tehu ij ,d gh fcanq ls nks gokbZ tgkt ds mUu;u D;k gS\ (eku yhft, fd uko 'kkar ty esa py jgh gS)A
dks.k Øe'k% 60 ° vkSj 30° gksrs gSaA nks ok;q;kuksa ds chp
(a) 20 m/sec (b) 10 m/sec
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dh ÅèokZ/j nwjh Kkr dhft,A (c) 16 m/sec (d) 18 m/sec

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ANSWER KEY
1.(c) 2.(a) 3.(c) 4.(b) 5.(c) 6.(c) 7.(d) 8.(b) 9.(d) 10.(c)

11.(d) 12.(b) 13.(a) 14.(c) 15.(b) 16.(c) 17.(a) 18.(c) 19.(b) 20.(b)

21.(c) 22.(a) 23.(b) 24.(a) 25.(c) 26.(b) 27.(b) 28.(c) 29.(a) 30.(d)

31.(c)
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SOLUTION
1. (c) 4. (b)
A At the same time, ratio of height and shadow
are same.

60° 45°
16 h
=
8 48
h = 16 × 6
h = 96 cm.
5. (c)
30° 45°
A
B D C
Let AD = h = 100 m. 30°
AD = CD = 1 unit  100 m. 60°

BD = 3 unit  100 3 m. 30°

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E D

BD + CD = 100 3  100

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= 100( 3  1)

2.
an by
= 100 (1.73 + 1) = 100 × 2.73 = 273 m.
(a)
B
AB = 100 m.
60°
C

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A AB = 3 unit  100 m.
ja 100
R s
60° BC = 1 unit  m.
3
a th

Now, in AED,
D 30°
E 100
20 3 AE = 1 unit  m.
3
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1.6 m 1.6 m
100 200
B CD = 100 – = = 66.6 m.
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C 3 3
20 3
6. (c)
Let AE = h Ratio will be same.
CD = BE = 1.6 m.
17.5 H
CB = DE = 20 3 m. =
40.25 28.75
DE = 3 unit  20 3 m. 70 H
=
AE = 1 unit  20 m. 161 28.75
AB = 20 + 1.6 = 21.6 m.
3. (c) 287.5
H=
23
R
H = 12.5 cm.
A

7. (d)
60°
P

100 m.
60° 30°

30°
Q P
RQ = 1 unit  100 m.
PQ = 3 unit  100 3 m. 30° 60°

= 100 × 1.73 = 173 m. R O Q

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PO = 5 unit  25 m.
In OPR, OR = ( 3 unit)  3 = 3 unit
1 unit  5 m.
OP = (1 unit) × 3 = 3 unit AO = BQ = 9 unit  45 m.
10. (c)
In OQP, OP = 3 unit
A
OQ = 1 unit and PQ = 2 unit 60°
RQ = 3 unit + 1 unit = 4 unit  180 m. 30°
60°
1 unit  45 m. D E
OP  3 unit  45 3 m.
PQ  2 unit  45 × 2 = 90 m. 300m
Height of tower = OP + PQ
= 45 3  90 = 45 ( 3  2) m.
C B
8. (b) 120m
A
AB = 300 m,
BC = 120 m. = DE

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DE = 1 unit  120 m.
E

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AE = 3 unit  120 3 m.
= 120 × 1.73
an by = 207.6 m.
CD = BE = Height of small tower = 300 – 207.6

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D = 92.4 m.
B
1.4 m. C 2.5 m. 11. (d)
Let AC = DE = Y m.
ja A
R s
AE = 0.8 m.
Let BE = H m.
a th

H² + (3.9)² = Y2 (in BDE) 45°

(H + 0.8)² + (2.5)² = Y² (in ABC) 220 m.

(H + 0.8)² + (2.5)² = H² + (3.9)²
H² + (0.8)² + 1.6 H + (2.5)² = H² + (3.9)²
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1.6 H = 8.32 30° 45°

D B
C
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8.32
H= = 5.2
1.6 In ABC,
AB = 5.2 + 0.8 AB = 1 unit  220 m.
= 6 m. BC = 1 unit
In ABD
Length of the ladder = Y = (6)²  (2.5)²
AB = 1 unit
Y = 6.5 m. BD = 3 unit
Y = 6.5 m. BD – BC = 3 unit – 1unit
9. (d)
P = ( 3 – 1) unit = ( 3 – 1)  220
= (0.732 × 220) = 161.04
12. (b)
A

A O
60m A

35 m. 2unit
3unit
B
B Q
AB = OQ = 35 m. 1unit
PO = PQ – OQ = 60 – 35 = 25 m. 30° 60°
D C
5 PO 9 m.
tan = = 3unit
9 AO

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3 unit = 9 In ABC,
9 BC = BD – DC
AB (2 unit) = 2 = 400 – 200
3
BC = 200 m.
18 BC = 1 unit  200 m.
=  3 = 63
3
AB = 3 unit  200 3 m.
13. (a) 16. (c)
A A

E 13 m. 30°
12 m. 3unit
13 m.
5 m.

D B

r
C
30° 60°

si
BC = 5 m (Pythagoras in ABC) D B
CD = 12 m (Pythagoras in EDC) C 50 m.
BD = CD + BC
= 12 + 5
an by 1 unit = 50
3unit
1unit

n
= 17 m.
So, DC 2 unit = 100
14. (c)
ja A
100
R s
Speed = m/s
8
a th

30° 100 18
× = 45 km/h
8 5
17. (a)
D
ty a
di M

60°
C B
4.6 m.
BC = 1 unit  4.6 m.
AC = 2 unit  4.6 × 2 = 9.2 m.
Length of the ladder = 9.2 m. 50 m.
15. (b)
A
60°
30° 45° 60°
E A
45° B C
A

In BDC,
1 1
BC = 1 unit × = unit
45° 60° 3 3
D B
C 1
DC = 3 unit × = 1unit
BD = 400 m. 3
DE = 200 m. In ADC, 
DC = 200 m.
DC = 1 unit 50 m.
In EDC,
AC = 1 unit
DE = CD = 200 m.

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Height of pole AE = AD + DE
1
AB = AC – BC = 1 unit – unit = 60 + 203 = 20(3 +3) m
3 21. (c)
 3 – 1  3 – 1 H = 9  16
=  unit =    50 H=3×4
 3   3 
H = 12 m.
1.732 – 1 22. (a)
=  50 = 21.1 m.
1.732 A
18. (c)
C D
B 30°
C
30 m. 60°
G D
10003
Water surface
1000 3
30 m.

r
60° 30° H
I

si
A 1000 B E
3000 60°
an by
BE = 3000 – 1000 = 2000
19. (b) Let, AC = H
F E

n
A Then HE = H
HE = FI = H
ja 1 H
R s
H =
In ABC, tan 30° = 
BC 3 BC
a th

BC = H 3 = EF
In BFE,
60  H 60  H
ty a

tan 60 =  3 =

B H 3 H 3
D C 48 m.
di M

3 H – H = 60
75 m.
 = 15°,  = 75° H = 30 m.
 +  = 90 °  complementary Angles Height of the aeroplane form the water – surface
Then, of the lake = 30 + H = 30 + 30 = 60m.
23. (b)
H = 48  75
H = 8  6  15  5 B C
H=2×2×3×5
H = 60 m. 60°
30°
20. (b)
E

6000 6000
203
A

60° 30°
45º A 2000 3 E D
C D 60003
60º 203
Distance cover in 40 second = DE
60 60 = 60003 – 20003 = 40003
So,
60º
4000 3
Speed = = 1003
B 203 A 40

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24. (a) 27. (b)

D A

30°
5×3 3unit
60°
5 × 3 75 m. B E
30° 1unit
60°
10 m. 10 m.
A 4×5 C 8×3 B
44
30°
15 unit = 75 C D
1 unit = 5 In BCD
44 unit = 220m BC = 1 unit  10 m.
25. (c)
A CD = 3 unit  10 3 m.

r
In ABE,

si
BE = 1 unit  10 3 m.
an by AE = 3 unit  10 3  3 = 10 × 3 = 30 m.
Height of the light house = 30 + 10 = 40 m.

n
4  28. (c)
cot –1  
5  A
B C
ja 90 m.
R s
4 h
 = cot –1  
a th

5
E D
4 90
cot = =
5 AC
ty a

450 60 m
AC =
4
di M

AC = 112.5 m. B C
26. (b) CD = BE = 60 m
A E Let, AE = h
h
In ADE, tan =
ED
45° 30°
h
H1 H2 ED = .......... (1)
tan
Also, ED = BC

45° 60° 60
D In BDC, tan =
B ED
A

C
BC = CD (Given) 60 (Using (I))
tan =
Also, BC = AB = H, h
In CDE, tan
DE 60 tan
tan 60 = h= ..........(2)
CD tan
H2 AB = 60 + h
3=
H1 60 tan
= 60  (Using (II))
H1 : H2 = 1 : 3 tan

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31. (c)
 tan A
= 60 1  = 60 (1 + tan  cot )
 tan
29. (a)
A

3 unit
B

1 unit
60º
30º
C D 30° 60°
3unit D
B C 80 m.
Given, AC (3 unit) = 4000
8000 10 Seconds
So, AB (2 unit) = m In ACD,
3
30. (d)

r
AD = 3 unit  80 3 m.
D

si
In ABD,
30°
an by AD = 1 unit  80 3 m.
60° 30°
3unit BD  3 unit  80 3  3 m.

n
= 240 m.
ja BC = BD – DC
R s
30° 60° = 240 m. – 80 m.
= 160 m.
a th

A B 1 unit C

15 min. 160
Speed = = 16 m/s
3unit 10
ty a

2 unit = 15minute
di M

1unit = 7.5 minute

A

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