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Q.

A tower's angle of elevation from a point is 30°. The angle of elevation is 60°at a point on the horizontal line passing through the foot of the tower and 50 metres closer to it. The distance is

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a

50 meters

b

75 meters

c

100 meters

d

150 meters

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

The angle of elevation is the angle between the horizontal line of sight and the object when a person stands and looks up at something.

The angle of depression is the angle between the horizontal line of sight and the object if a person stands and looks down at an object.

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Let Ac=xm and AB=hm from BCA

tan30°=ABAC or 13=hx or h=x3

From BDA    tan60°=ABAD

Or 3=Hx-50 or h=(x-50)3

Equation the two values of h, we get

x3=(x-50)3

or 2x=150 thereforex=75 m

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