WORKSHEET ON SOME APPLICATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRY
CLASS X
1. The length of a string between a kite and a point on the ground is 85 m. If the string
makes an angle with the ground level such that tan = 15/8, then find the height of
the kite from the ground. Assume that there is no slack in the string.
2. The shadow of a tower, when the angle of elevation of the sun is 45°, is found to be 10
metres longer than when the angle of elevation is 60°. Find the height of the tower.
[Given 3 = 1.732.]
3. The shadow of a tower standing on a level ground is found to be 30m longer when the
sun’s altitude is 30°, than when it was 60°. Find the height of the tower. [Take 3 =
1.732.] [CBSE 2012]
4. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 60°. After a flight
of 15 seconds, the angle of elevation changes to 30°. If the aeroplane is flying at a
constant height of 1500 3 m, find the speed of the plane in km/hr. [CBSE 2015]
5. A man on a cliff observes a boat at an angle of depression of 30° which is approaching
the shore to the point immediately beneath the observer with a uniform speed. Six
minutes later, the angle of depression of the boat is found to be 60°. Find the total time
taken by the boat to reach the shore.
6. Two ships are approaching a lighthouse from opposite directions. The angles of
depression of the two ships from the top of a lighthouse are 30° and 45°. If the distance
between the two ships is 100 metres, find the height of the lighthouse. (Use 3 = 1.732.)
7. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 60 m above the surface of the water of a
lake is 30° and the angle of depression of its shadow in water of lake is 60°. Find the
height of the cloud from the surface of water.
8. An aeroplane when flying at a height of 3000 metres from the ground passes vertically
above another aeroplane at an instant when the angles of elevation of the two planes
from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45° respectively. Find the vertical
distance between the aeroplanes at that instant.
9. From the top of a building 60 m high, the angles of depression of the top and bottom of
a tower are observed to be 30° and 60°. Find the height of the tower.
10. A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches
the ground making an angle 30° with it. The distance between the foot of the tree to the
point where the top touches the ground is 9 m. Find the height of the tree.
11. An aeroplane is flying at a height of 300 m above the ground. Flying at this height the
angles of depression from the aeroplane of two points on both banks of a river in
opposite directions are 45° and 60° respectively. Find the width of the river.
