MATHEMATICS WORKSHEET -09

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10 State, Applications of Trigonometry Assignment, 2024 - 25

[4 Marks]

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 Multiple choice questions
1. The length of the shadow of a tower on the plane ground is √3 times the height of the
tower. The angle of elevation of sun is :
(A) 45° (B) 30° (C) 60° (D) 90°
2. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is 20 m
awayfrom the foot of the tower is 600, then the height of the tower is
(A) 10 3 m (B) 30 3 m (C) 20 3 m (D) None of these
3. The height of the tower is 10 m, then the length of its shadow when the sun’s
altitude(elevation) is 450 is
(A) 10 m (B) 20 m (C) 30 m (D) 40 m
0
4. The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning against a wall is 60 and the foot of the ladder is
9.5 m away from the wall. Then the height of the ladder is
(A) 10 m (B) 19 m (C) 20 m (D) 30 m
0
5. If the altitude(elevation) of sun is 60 , then the height of the vertical tower that will cast a
shadow of length 30 m is
(A) 30 3 m (B) 15 m (C) 10 3 m (D) 15 2
One mark questions
6. Find the angle of elevation of an object is at a distance of 50 m on the tower and the
distancebetween the observer and the foot of the tower is 50 m.
7. From the top of a building 50 3 m high the angle of depression of a car on the ground is
observed to be 600. Find the distance of the car from the building.
8. In the given figure, find the value of x. A

300
B 100 m C
9. A tall building casts a shadow of 300 m long when the sun’s altitude(elevation) is 300.
Find the height of the tower.
10. Find the angle of depression if an observer 150 cm tall looks at the tip of his shadow
which is150 3 cm from the foot.
11. A pole casts a shadow of length 2 3 m on the ground, when the sun’s elevation is 600.
Find the height of the pole. A

pole h

600
B 2 3m C
shadow
m

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 12. In figure, a tower AB is 20 m high and BC, its shadow on the ground, is 20 3 m. Find the
sun’s altitude. A

20 m

θ= ?
C 20 3 m B
Two marks questions
13. A vertical building casts a shadow of length 12 m. If the distance between the top of the
building to the tip of the shadow at a particular time of a day is 13 m. Find the height of
the building. [MARCH – 2018] [2 M]
14. If the horizontal distance of the boat from the bridge is 25m and the height of the bridge is
25m, then find the angle of depression of the boat from the bridge.
15. A vertical tower of height 20m stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a
vertical flag –staff of height h. At a point on the plane, the angle of elevation of the
bottom and top of the flag staff are 45⁰ and 60⁰ respectively. Find the value of h.
16. A ladder makes an angle of 600 with the ground when placed against a wall. If the foot of
ladder is 2 m away from the wall, find the length of ladder.
17. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower on a level ground from point, at a
distance of 9 3 m from its foot on the same ground is 600. Find the height of the tower.
18. Find the diameter of the circular base of right circular cone whose slant height is 8 cm
and semi vertex angle is 600.

600 8 cm

Three (or) Four (or) Five marks questions

19. The angle of elevation of an aircraft from a point on horizontal ground is found to be 300.
The angle of elevation of same aircraft after 24 seconds which is moving horizontally to
the ground is found to be 600. If the height of the aircraft from the ground is 3600 3
metre, Find the velocity of the aircraft. [MARCH – 2018] [3 M]
P A

3600 3 m
600

300

C Q B
20. From the top of a building 20 m high, the angle of elevation of the top of a vertical pole is
300 and the angle of depression of the foot of the same pole is 600. Find the height of the pole.
[JUNE – 2018] [4 M]

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 21. If the angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at the disatnce a and b
(a > b) from its foot and in the same straight line from it are respectively 300 and 600.
Then prove that height of the tower is h = ab. A

Tower
h

300 600
B C b D
a
22. Two kites 'A' and 'B' are flying one below the other above the horizontal ground as shown
in the figure. Kite 'A' is flying 300 m above the ground. The angles of elevation of kites
'A' and 'B' as observed from a point 'P' on the ground are 60° and 30° respectively. Find
the distance between the two kites (AB). After some time when the thread of kite 'A' is
released, it moves horizontal to the ground! and reaches the point 'A'' in the sky. If P, B,
A' are in the same line, then find the distance between the kites (A'B).
[june -2024 exam-2 – 4M]

23. Two windmills of height 50 m and 40 3 m are on either side of the field. A person
observes the top of the windmills from a point in between them. The angle of elevation
was found to be 450 and 300. Find the distance between the windmills.
C [JUNE – 2019] [3 M]

50 m
40 3 m
300 450
B P D
24. From the top of a vertical of 50 3 m height on a level ground the angle of depression of
an object on the same ground is observed to be 600. Find the distance of the object from
the foot of the building. [JUNE – 2019]

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 25. The angle of elevation of an unfinished verticle building on a ground, at a point which is
100 m from the base of the building is 450. How much height the building must be raised,
so that its angle of elevation from the same point is 600. (Take 3 = 1.73)
A

?
B

600
0
45
D 100 m C

26. A tree is broken over by the wind forms a right angled triangle with the ground. If the
broken part makes an angle of 600 with the ground and the top of the tree is now 20 m
from its base. How tall was the tree? (Take 3 = 1.73)
27. A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the ground, which is 15 m away
from the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is found to be
600. Find the height of the tower.
28. An observer 1.5 m tall is 28.5 m away from a chimney. The angle of elevation of the top
of the chimney from her eyes is 450. Find the height of the chimney.
29. From a point on the ground the angle of elevation of the top of a 10 m tall building is 300.
A flag is hosted at the top of the building and the angle of elevation of the top of the
flagstaff from P is 450. Find the length of the flagstaff and the distance of the building
from the point P. (Take 3 = 1.732). D
?
B
Building
10 m
0
45
300
P A
30. A circus artist is climbing from the ground along a rope stretched from the top of a
vertical pole and tied at the ground. The height of the pole is 12 m and the angle made by
the rope with ground level is 300. Calculate the distance covered by the artist in climbing
to the top of the pole.
31. From the top of a building 16 m high, the angular elevation of the top of a hill is 600 and
the angular depression of the foot of the hill is 300. Find the height of the hill.
32. From a point 50 m above the ground the angle of elevation of a cloud is 300 and the angle
of depression of its reflection in water is 600. Find the height of the cloud above the
ground.
33. A kite is flying at a height of 90 m above the ground. The string attached to the kite is

temporarily tied to a point on the ground. The inclination of the string with the ground is
600. Find the length of the string assuming that there is no slack in the string.
(Take 3 = 1.732)

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 34. An aeroplane, when 3000 m high, passes vertically above another plane at an instant
when the angles of elevation of the two aeroplanes from the same point on the ground are
600 and 450 respectively. Find the vertical distance between the two planes.
C

h=?
B
3000 m

(3000 – h)
450 600
O A
35. Two ships are approaching a light house from opposite directions. The angle of
depression of two ships from top of the light house are 300 and 450. If the distance
between two ships is 100 m. Find the height of the light house. (Take 3 = 1.732)
A
30 45
0 0
light house
h

B D C
100
36. The angle of elevation of a cloud from m a point 120 m above a lake is 300 and the angle of
depression of its reflection in the lake is 600. Find the height of the cloud.
37. A 1.5 m tall boy is standing at some distance from a 30 m tall building. The angle of
elevation from his eyes to the top of the building increases from 300 to 600 as he walks
towards the building. Find the distance he walked towards the building?
38. Two poles of equal height are standing opposite to each other on either side of the road
which is 20 m wide. From a point P between them on the road, the angle of elevation of
the top of a pole is 600 and teh angle of depression from the top of nother pole at point P
is 300. Find the height of the poles and the distances of the point P from the poles.
D

A
300

30 60
0 0
B 80 - x P x C
80
39. The angle of elevation of the top ofma building from the foot of the tower is 300 and the
angle of elevation of the top of a tower from the foot of the building is 600. If the tower is
60 m high, find the height of the building.

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 40. As observed from the top of a 75 m high light house from the sea level, the angles of
depression of two ships are 300 and 450. If one ship is exactly behind the other on the
same side of the light house, find the distance between the two ships. (Take 3 = 1.73)
[April-2022 4M]

41. A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing at the top of the tower
observes a car at an angle of depression of 300, which is approaching the foot of the tower
with a uniform speed. Six seconds later the angle of depression of the car is found to be
600. Find the time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower from this point.
42. A 1.2 m tall girl spots a balloon moving with the wind in a horizontal line at a height of
88. 2 m from the ground. The angle of elevation of the balloon from the eyes of the girl at
any instant is 600. After some time, the angle of elevation reduces to 300. Find the
distance travelled by the balloon during the interval.

600 88.2 m
300

43. A tower and a pole stand vertically on the same level ground. It is observed that the
angles of depression of top and foot of the pole from the top of the tower of height 60 m
is 300 and 600 respectively. Find the height of the pole. [JUNE – 2020] [4M]
A
300
600

60 m
E C
h
D
B

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 44. An aircraft flying parallel to the ground in the sky from the point A through the point B is

observed, the angle of elevation of aircraft at A from a point on the level ground is 600,
after 10 seconds it is observed that the angle of elevation of aircraft at B is found to be
300 from the same point. Find at what height the aircraft is flying, if the velocity of
aircraft is 648 km/hr. (Use 3 = 1.73)
A B

h
h
0
60
300 1800 m
O x C D
level ground
1800+x

45. A man observes two vertical poles which are fixed opposite to each other on either side of
the road. If the width of the road is 90 feet and heights of the poles are in the ratio 1 : 2,
also the angle of elevation of their tops from a point between the line joining the foot of
the poles on the road is 600. Find the heights of the poles. [SLP – FEB – 2020] [3 M]
0
46. In a ∆ ABC, AB ⊥ BC, ∠ ACB = 30 , AB = 15 cm, then find the length of BC.
A [SLP – FEB – 2020] [1 M]

15 cm

300
B C
?
47. In the given figure, a rope is tightly stretched and tied from top of a vertical pole to a peg
on the same level ground such that the length of the rope is 20 m and the angle made by it
with the ground is 30°. A circus artist climbs the rope, reaches the top of the pole and
from there he observes that the angle of elevation of the top of another pole on the same
ground is found to be 60°. If the distance of the foot of the longer pole from the peg is 30m,
then find the height of this pole. ( Take 3= 1:73 )

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 48. A tower and a building are standing vertically on the same level ground. The angle of
elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 30° and the angle of

elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60°. If the tower is 50 m
high, find the height of the building.

49. A cable tower and a building are standing vertically on the same level ground. From the
top of the building which is 7 m high, the angle of elevation of the cable tower is 60° and
the angle of depression of its foot is 45°. Find the height of the tower. ( Use 3= 1:73 )

50. There are two vertical towers on a level ground which are300 m apart. A soldier in an
helicopter above the ground observes the top of the towers and he found the angles of
depression to be 60° and 30° as shown in the figure. If the height of the taller tower is 500 m
and the distance between the foot of the shorter tower and the foot of the altitude from the
helicopter to the ground is 100√3 m, then find the height of the shorter tower.
[ Take √3 = 1.73 ] AUG-2024 EXAM-3[4M]

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 51. In the figure the poles AB and CD of different heights are standing vertically on a level
ground. From a point
M Pon the line joining the foots of the poles on the level ground, the
angles of elevation to the tops of the poles are found to be complementary. The height of
CD and the distance PD are 20√3 m N and 20 m respectively. If BP is 10 m, then find the
L and the distance AC between the tops of the poles. [Aug-2024 Exam-1]
length of the pole AB

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 KEY ANSWERS
1. (B) 30⁰ 2. (C) 20 3 m 3. (A) 10 m 4. (B) 19 m
5. (C) 10 3 m
6. 450 7. 50 m 8.
100
units 9. 100 3 m
3
10. 300 11. 6 m 12. 300
13. 5 m 14. 45⁰ 15. 30m 16. 4 m

17. 27 m 18. 16 3 m
19. 300 m/s 80 21. ----- 22. AB=400 m
20. m (OR) 26.6 m
3
(approximate)

23. 170 m 24. 50 m 25. 73 m 26. 74.60 m

27. 15 3 m 28. 30 m 29. Distance of the 30. 24 m
building from the point
P = 17.32 m
Length of the flagstaff
= 7.32 m

31. 64 m 32. 100 m 33. 103.92 m 34. 1268 m

35. 36.60 m 36. 240 m 37. 19 3 m 38. AB = CD =
20 3 m
BP = 60 m
CP = 20 m
39. 20 m 40. 54.75 m 41. 3 seconds 42. 58 3 m
43. 40 m 44. h = 1557 m 45. 30 3 m and 60 3 m 46. 15 3 cm
47.CD = 31.90m 2 49.19.11m
48. 16 3 m
50. HL = 300m 200
51. AC = 39 m
3
HM = 73m
ND=AB=273m

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