HEIGHT & DISTANCE eof Sight --/gfte tat The line which Is drawn from the eyes of the observer to the point being viewed on | the object is known as the line of sight. fas St ote 8 ag S Fa a ae fig aw Giet aA arch Tar at gfe tar aaa FI Angle of Elevation/s=rat @lur:— | | | When we look up, the angle formed by the observer along the horizontal is called the | | | | angle of elevation. Wa ea or faa Fat ies ar ait SH arr we ator see ator wee F1 Object 1 | wt Q= Angle of elevation ys SHOT Shor a ° Horizontal Line Observer Angle of Depression/#ata4 @tut:— ‘When we look down, the angle formed by the observer along the horizontal side is called the angle of depression. we wn ie Sat F at dew oer attr S arr we tor sree wT HEAT Bh Observer a Q Horizontal Line DN O= Angle of depsession aE Hasty Boy a Object °.If the length of the shadow of a pole is /g times the height of the pole, the angle of elevation of sun is:- fadt eet at orn seat Sarg at J/g qué, qi an seer ator aware: {a) 60° (b) 30° {c) 45° (4) 90° ao h 2. Angle of @levation = Zo° 3 Sai The foot of a ladder leaning against a wall of height 5/3 metre rest on a level ground 5 metre from the base of the wall. The angle of inclination of the ladder with the ground 5 ther Soft fect dare & one & 5/3 tet wt git we eat we att ar arent we ST aator ara et? (ay 60" {b) 50° (c) 40° {d) 30° Si Sis at Angle of elevation = 20° 30 =9 SIB= The angle of elevation of a sun when the length of the shadow of a pole is equal to its height is:-| Sa Gat an qh oe ar wee | | \| (a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90° | Angle of elevation = ys® 4S°=9 Z 1 || The length of shadow of a vertical tower is times its height. The angle of elevation Be) of the Sun is:- fare we at wrong suet slong at opt tad ot sora wh aE | (a) 30° (b) 45° (o) 60° (a) 90° | | } Hed | ime Angle of elevation = 60° | 8 ' \| ii Y” | 60" =6 | Z 5. The respective ratio between the height of tower and the point at some distance from its foot is 57 : 19/3 . What is the angle (in degrees) of elevation of the top of the tower? || ce ae ot fend wer ae re SGD Ah err ig a TE 5719/8 i || Sar & vind ar ser ator ( fest H) wero? (a) 30° (b) 45° {c) 60° (a)ozst SF: 19a Sts Angle of elevation = 60° | 5B Weta | I 60°=0 | aIf the angle of elevation of the top of a building from a point 10./3m away from Its | base is 60°, the height of the building is:- ferdt tre & seme @ 10 Vg tet wt att wz fia feet fig @ sat frat an saan Biot 60° %, Hae at send aagT: (a) 10m (b) 20m 60° a 10 () gm (4) 30m unit ——> log | 7 | NB unit ——s 0x13 x5 ) = 30m afierz of Seng = 20m Ans | The length of a string between a kite and a point on the ground is 50 m. The string makes an angle of 60° with the level ground. If there is no slack in the string, the | height of the kite is:- 50 Met emt & ara a 60° H Sara Sioy WT Sy EL UT at SHEN a Ses TarsU, ale wT at St i aang demas set 2h (a) 50am bo a {b) 253m | 25 {| (c) 25m (d) ve" 2unit ——> som Aunt ——— 25m arf = 4S unit} ——> 25.5 m ans The top of two poles of height 24m and 36m are connected by a wire. If the wire makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal, then the length of the wire is- | cafe dt at sit fH 24 ah, ait 36 dh. Sa, H fred at uw tet ore sitet wen 81 ale vat afer SB ort 60° wr water aaret fet Tet at cig B {a) 6m {b) 8V¥3m (c} 8m {d) 6/gm | zz10. unit ——— 12. 2 ' 8 4. uhit ———> 12. | 2 ° NS i T 3eh0 7 | ei 2unif——— {2 | 4 | = 813 mAns A vertical tree of 15 ft high is broken at a certain height and its upper part, not com- pletely separated, meets the ground at an angle of 30°. Find the height at which the tree is broken: | 15 Wie at Seng aren we ty gar eR ater B aH oat 2 a Ae ar vit te F ara Wel We 30° ar ST ara &, at ara wife fis te fea sters B ee? {a) 1oft {b) 5ft (c) 15/3 (2-v3)ft (a) Saft t unit —— |s Ft | tse qh tmnt ——5 Ft Ans 2 2 | 5 ie 2 \| a || | 26 | B I A telegraph post is bent at a point above the ground due to strom. Its top just meets the ground at a distance of 8 metres from its foot and makes an angle of 30°, then the || height of post is Em @ arm ees er UH GEN year sei S Sor ww fees we fet wer 21 Saar Pret sas ug @ 8g thet aH Git we aes at cael aera Z itt 30° ar Stor aa Zt GT aT wang tet 3 fer anit? (a) 16m {b) 24m (c) 23m {d) 10m| NS unit —— 8.5 mn i| " unit ———> 6m | on 3unit ——— 8x3 | = 24m Ans i ed Baad || 2 iH 4 |) | 80", | Bed | | 13. A vertical stick 12cm long casts a shadow 8 cm long on the ground. At the same time, a tower casts a shadow 40m long on the ground. The height of the tower is. 12 Sit cat um seater ot dart oe 8 Heh cist werd att & set aH eH Ha ders ae || 40 tier cist wed wart 1 tare at Sard ara ah (a) 72m {b) 60m (c) 65m (d) 70m | } | tongs 12 ah | | o tane= tond= 12. 12Gin} h h=60mM Bhs | i mal 6 Oo |] | ear Wom | 14. A person was standing on a road near a mall. He was 1215 m away from the mall and able to see the top of the mall from the road in such a way that the top of tree, which is | in between him and the mall, was exactly inline of sight with the top of the mall. The | tree height is 20 m and it is 60 m. away from him. Find the height of the mall (in meter) Ue eafaa wet & Prac age oe eer di ag wie a 1215 at git ee ott wem a ai i @ vit at ga war ta 7 age @, fe set sit nie S ate faa ww Og an vit, ai | & vid & are gfe tar F 21 ag at sieng 20 wh site ae sa wales @ 60 th at Ga ftom @1 niet at sing (of H) ra eH | (a) 375 (b) 300 (©) 405 (d) 250 cae fone 20h 60 Tas h=Ues Abe }| ey a way | aR Bef) ert ee S\ | B 30 | ae8 2 So 10 | | 8 20 8s* se 30, 8 15. A tower standing on a horizontal plane subtends a certain angle at a point 160 m apart from the foot of the tower. On advancing 100 meter toward it, the tower is found to subtend an angle twice as before. The height of the towers is. feat cat Hare @ 160 wh qe faa fig @ creat S sere Sot crazt S aE ST aie 100 aH att wert ae St aT at ara 81 erat at Beng ara wt? (a) 80m (b) 100m {c) 160m (d) 200m ? 90° A ON 60m loom Tsiplets = 3.4, 5 Sag = 80m Ans 60 G0 100 ® ||= i 1 | 16. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from two points A & B lying on the hori- | | zontal through the foot of the tower are 15° & 30° respectively. Find the height of the | tower where AB = 48 cm ot fag A ait Ba ue dan & fre we ame: i Winte wt sre aia ati ate AB = 48 cm Wetter 21 | (a) 48 (b) 24 (c) 36 (a) 42 S° Tet 30° aT Seer ator saat fat 90° 2uhit ——> 48 ‘ateny wf Lunit ——> 24 om ansAt the foot of the mountain the elevation of its summit is 45°, after ascending 4 km | towards the mountain up a slope of 30° inclination, the elevation Is found to be 60°, | Then find the height of the mountain. femet adda & ure ue yaat Set er Sere ator 45° i 4 feet, ucla ue 30° YHA aE UR See BT 60° UreT 7a waa at send ara ath (a) 2(V8+1)km = (b) 2(V3-1)km = (c)_2(V2+1)km (d) 2(J2-1) km 4 5/43 Lunil —> 2m a NB unit —> 248 km | | M 2unit ——4kin | || || (4841) | 4 (41) | shi | | i} | || | 16. Ata point on the level ground, the angle of elevation of a vertical tower is found to be li i such that tanA = . On Walking 117 m towards the tower, the elevation is found to be such that tanB = a Find the height of the tower. | Regret fig 8 Rat sare fore sever hr ae tanA= titer at aw 117 i see set ur ser ator ar tanB = 2 et wren faite at Seg ara wt (a) 216m (b) 117m {c) 162m (d) 168mzs | 28. tahas er Ss tona= Bars 32 “Tm. “sau? < tt t | 4S uit 9 '34unit —= II9mt unit ——> 9mt Aare ef SMe = 26 uni 293 = 216 mt Ans such that its aoe is [| On Walking 192 m towards the tower, the tangent of the | At a point on the level eon the angle of elevation of a vertical tower is found to be | elevation is =. Find the eh tower./far ut feet fig & feet dae & fear | erin mn § Sse ae 192 her wm we re a at eri | 3 jebareeicier ars (a) 216m (b) 180m (c) 162m (d) 168 m tang= | fan = A cs '6 unit ——* 192m} | Saeenie “Bei a unit — 1am | —au $s unit —— 12x18 = 180m (aay of Sarg ) From the top of 75 m high tower, the angle of depression of two points P and Q s | opposite side of The base of the tower on level ground is @ and @, such that tang = 4 and tang = —. What is the distance between the points P and Q.? /75 tet Sa zat | The a ec Pe er 8 eat Po a ee ser aT e ait 6 # wat tane=2 att tang = 3 2p sit Q fait & ate at a fart eh? (a) 200m (b) 220m (c) 180m {d) 190 m = — nunnms saece|tang = 38 = JS, tahg= Sx3 . 1S a oe 19. . 7 Alteshate intesios Angle Ths |S unit ——> 75 mb Lunt ——> Smt 24 yy ynit ——> 49x, = 220m (Psi g & ty of af) At a point on a horizontal line through the base of a tower, the angle of elevation of | the top of the tower is found to be such that its tangent is i. On walking 138 metres iss towards the tower the secant of the angle of elevation is found to be “>>. The height | See Pm ST eM a ee ae eee ec fist af ote 138 ster werk we sore wher a woe PS gone uaa a Sat are wet | (a) 35 (b) 49 (c) 42 (d) 56 23 unit ———>138 mt 7 1 Uhis ——6 mi 7 Whit—_—4x6 Fs mh = aint Caffe oP Sab) 12h +138 tnj}—+ | a eB: | ‘35 UhiF RE 8 aan Sep 35 Sten = 4193 ~ 2 a tone = | = i B | Pe Siggy = 3 —~ en20. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of a \| road which is 100 m wide. From a point between them on road, angles of elevation of || their tops are 30° and 60°. The height of each pole in metre is: | carat Sarg B at wrt uw 100 vier dist wes S Set sie set-a Gs Ti aga | fret us firg 8 are frat S ser BiteT 30° aie 60° G1 wate aed at Seng thet Ha (a) 253 (b) 20/3 {c) 28/3 (d) 30/3 | Pp 8 i | ig + Bas | B ge 88 Bs | | - ere) ae eae | [porn Yun} ——— 100 mi | | i —— ) ‘Bunit unit ‘ | Auni| ——> 25 mt wand wf Surf = 5 unit ——> 25.5 Hl Ans | | be at an angle of 60° and 30° respectively. If the breadth of the river is 400 metres, then | the height of the aeroplane above the river at that instant is (Assume JS = 1.732?) | Ue ead we Ue vet S dew oe se ter ee S ahi fara wr fae SST A ge eT | & grr aed me ST lor se: 60° Tar 30° Bi aly wat wt cters 400 ther @ at va | aaa wat H oat se wea at Sars wa aR? ( VS =1.732 AA) | | {a) 173.2 metres (b) 346.4 metres (c) 519.6 metres (d) 692.8 metres | 21, From an aeroplane just over a river, trees on the opposite bank of the river are found to | | | FP y | | 30 bys ag | | 60° > V3 4. | 4 unit ——=> hoo mt. || L.uhit—— 100 mt F | 3 unit ——> |00f3 mt | = 100% 1-982 | = 173.2mb CreTT oF waeace PME es ———— — || 22. From the top of a tower of height 180m the angles of depression of two objects on both sides of the tower are 30° and 45°. Then the distance between the objects are. 180 th, Sa Raat crae & vind @ gach Sra site feet st aeqei Soran ator aT: 30° wen 45° fi aa gr shit aepit Sate at git wa wt? (a) 180(3+V8)m (b) 180(3-V3)m (ce) 180(J8-1)m_—(d) 180(V3+1)m | | unit ——— 180 mt | l 36 oO 4s° (S841) unit ——+100(45+1) 9! | | = 8 ont — A |) || 23, Avertical pole and a vertical tower are standing on the same level ground. Height of the pole is 10 metres. From the top of the pole, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower and angle of depression of the foot of the tower are 60° and 30° respectively. The height of the tower is. | cee wer war Wee zat wate ae ag BA at Sond 10 wh G1 S vid a eta Sh he aor Wg & SRS eT wo HAT: GO” Tat 30° Bi iat at Sars wa wt? | | (a) 20m {b) 30m (c) 40m (a) 50m | | | Pp B | 8x75 Ike | 6o—+ 3: 30 : | Aunit —— tom “unit yom aie a? Saf | 24. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower situated perpendicularly on a plane Is observed as 60° from a point P on the same plane. From another point Q,10 m vertically above the point P, the angle of depression of the foot of the tower is 30°. The height of the tower is.(a) 15m (b) 30m (c) 20m (d) 25m | | i | P B | S04 WS || | \| | | | VBS IW | Suni r | bo —> 3 fa | unit —— tom | 3uni| ——> 30m awe wt gat \| 25. Froma point Pon the ground the angle of elevation of the top of a 10 m tall building is | | 30°. A flag is hoisted at the top of the building and the angle of elevation of the top of | the flagstaff from P is 45°. Find the length of the flagstaff (Take /3 = 1.732) | conitt ue fara fret faig P& 10 ti Sa Rene wears Sy vit ar saree ator 30° 81 Fa ATT & ot ae wee gist cera war f aie fig pA ga BSH vith er sera wT 45° tae | wt cian ara BH? ( JS = 1.732 AA) | | | | (a) 10(/3+2)m (b) 10(VS+1)m —(c) 10/38 m (d) 7.32 m | F B uws—>po oo: oo Bop tS 2.yhit——> om | (8-1) unit —10 (3 -1) | to( 132-1) 16%0-732 | | = ¥:82m (38 of dare) 26. _ Anaeroplane when flying at a height of 500m from the ground passes vertically above another aeroplane at an instant, when the angles of elevation of the two aeroplanes | from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45° respectively. The vertical distance between the aeroplanes at that instant is. | SS =: — "min} ees Mow aiwe seer sem @, sit aa gre & uw fire 8 SHH earit S seem Shor wa: 60" aa 45° at TTA Fh TQAR Fa ao shi frat S ate at gelaree gt fart F: {a) 5000(/3-1)m(b) 5000(3-V/3)m (c) 5000(1---.|m (4) 4500 m V3. eI B | so —> VS 2 4s 4 a unit ——— Sooom INN Lunit ——= $000 yy, C1 (eX a 5-1) unit —— S000 ( SS e-1) Oat eer S oh a = 5000(1-+)1. Ans sefer ff * A balloon leaves from a point P rises at a uniform speed. After 6 minutes, an observer situated at a distance of 450.3 meter from point P observes that angle of elevation of the balloon is 60°. Assume that point of observation and point P are on the same level. What is the speed (in m/s) of the bolloon? Te TENT UH aM ae & ferg PB ster wre Bi 6 five uvena Ferg PB 450/83 ster gt Wee ters & st Saar f fe eat ar Serer at 60° F1 ara vitfare fas aaiten fag vet firg Pum at ee wr fi emt at ofa (Hae) aa 2? {a) 4.25 (b) 3.75 (c) 4.5 (d) 3.45 @ Distonce= 1350m/ time= 6 minxéo = 360sec 3 x450G = Iasoms28, The angle of elevation of an acroplane from a point on the ground 60°. After 15 | seconds flight, the elevation changes to 30°. If the aeroplane is flying at a height of 1500./3 m, find the speed of the plane: | qeit & un fg Bue feat ar sae ste 60° 211s Adis at sgt F ae, Se ST 30° at art 31 af fara 1500/3 ater at Berg we sg ter a, at saat ofa wa aif: SSE = 200m!s. Ans 29. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 45°. After flying | for 15 seconds, the elevation changes to 30°. If the aeroplane is fiying at a height of | | | | | (a) 300 m/s (b) 200 m/s (c) 100 m/s (d) 150 m/s | 3.000 rn | Pp 8 | wt | 15005 ‘ng Bug | | | LE) SB unit —>1S00mtxEg \| | Lunt? 2h tase unit ——> 1500 | | = 2uhil 3000m } i 3000m1 ssinpaal fee | | 2500 metres, then the speed of the aeroplane in km/hr. is: \| vais ue fart farg & uae feat ar Seas TT 45° Zi 1s Babs Sq A Me ST HIT azar 30° Bt arm fate fees 2500 whet w sions we se wate, a fama at fe fame | ‘feesit pict 2? i ! (a) 600 (b) 600(/3+1) —(e) 6003 (a) 600(/3 -1) | i | unit 2500 | (48-1) unit 2s00(43-1) | i I | speed= 4 | pee tr Ly) = 2800 (W5-1)<60x60 —1-— 8-1 ~eoorts i | G = 600 (48-1) km/h | 30. Aboy standingin the middle of a field, observes a flying bird in the north at an angle of elevation of 30° and after 2 minutes, he observes the same bird in the south at an angle of elevation of 60°. If the bird flies along in a straight line at a height of 50/3 m, | then its speed in km/h is: |we ugar fact der & ata Fas dar sae at ait UH fafear wt 30° S sa aT ue duet #1 at fae S are, set fatgar at afer fee H 60° sh sae tT we Gua a ann fafgar so wee at wart Sard we se wet S, a geet aret fanit ie H are tf: | (a) 4.5 (b) 3 (9 (d) 6 | p= 200m |1000 = “al t=2 Se . S=D 2 YS iB eee cis Lani . | Oo (NZD Co shit ———200m ~ eo | unit unit 31. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at two points which are at a distance a and b from foot in the same horizontal line and on the same side of the tower, are | complementary. The height of the tower is:- | | faret Hare & arene @ a ait b wer at gi we a fergait 8 dae & fret S seer at | went yee #1 Hare at ster: | | | {a) ab (b) Jab () ie (a) £ | h | 4tane-cotg = hy h | tS A | | ——_——_ = = i . 1 BE => h=lab fs | | | : | | | 20 = 00s. Ss es ————| | | a o ——_ Ly Y (T 8VY 7 - o = N » BS33. The distance between two pillars of length 16 metres and 9 metres is x metres. If two angles of elevation of their respective top from the bottom of the other are complementary to each other then the value of x ( in metres) is : 16 thet site 9 thet cians ara St aeeit at ites wt Ett x ier f sas arene B rar S oH get & seer sto acer gee Ox eT AT Wa aT fa) 15 (b) 16 (c) 12 (a) 9 4 metre flag is surmounted on a 25 metre high building. If the angle of elevation from a point located on plane at the bottom and head of flag are complementry respectively, find the distance of point from the building. 25 tet Ba waa ah sar 11 ter Sar Wer won ale Shaw ufeae fre fag BSS aren aan vid & seer ator weer: Wa Tet Safe gee fat se fag S ae at Aft at arti | | (a)7 (b) 10 (c) 30 (d) 15 S " h=I75x36 36 He G6 | ] | Angle of depression from the top of tower of two points situated either side of tower || are complementry. If distance between two point is 26 metre and distance of one || point from the tower is 8 metre. Then find the height of the tower: /ua the & vitt & | aia & Aa oie faa at feigaif H sree ain wm: wife ges Safe si feigait Fate at ait 26 diet @ am Um fig & HR at Bt s thet F a ian at Herd aa? | (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 18 (a) 15a5. 36. he Bx1g hang haa go-8 | D | 8 Tam 1 —— 2m \| Two post are x metres apart and the height of one is double that of the other. If from the mid-point of the line joining their feet an observer finds the angular elevations of their tops to be complementary, then the height (in metres) of the shorter post is: || Sas feet eH at Sarg gat at opt t, uw gat Bx Hier at qt we Hi ake we act @ sitet arett tar SB weahig @ oes viet an ser stor ws gat S yew a a we wa at song eat #7 @ a5 ) = (0) x2 @ 5 Q al if ? The angle of elevation of the top of a chimney and roof of the building from a point on | the ground are 45° and x° respectively. The height of building is 'h' metre. Then the | height of the chimney, (in metre) is: afta & wa fore @ usw feet aw vit wer ser & vit a sera Stor eT: 45° aa x @ sen sa wan at Sing “h" set di aqqar fet at dard ater f feet ahh | (a) heotx+h —(b) heotx—h {) htanx-h (d) htanxth $< SI+ Byetonus1 = an=B * B cole = Bchootx h+9=B h+Q=hcotx heotx-h=q Abs The angle of elevation of an aeroplane as observed from a point 30 m above the transport water-surface of lake is 30° and the angle of depression of the image of the aeroplane in the water of the lake is 60°. The height of the aeroplane from the water-surface of the lake is : ite at onegit wer-aae & 30 wi aor fect firg & Sar wy feet orga ar See ST 30° feant @ ait gia & unt F agar & vlafers ar sere ater 60° feam 21 aa aft git at uci wag 8 Seng we eri? (a) 60m (b) 45m () 50m (4) 50m Pp B |= so 1 B h Bas ts wo 3 8 h+20 + h+30 = (h-30)x3 » Bo+h= 3h-90 2h=120 bh =60 Ans If the angle of elevation of a cloud from a point ‘h' metres above a lake is a and the angle of depression of its reflection in the lake is f find the height of cloud from the | surface of lake? aie at aae @ ‘h’ diet at Seng @ feat ren at Saas ator Be sit gad Ufaftia aT die Hi ser ator z at sitet at uae B aeet at Sas art wt? _ h{cota + cot) _ (cota +cot) (a) ~~ Cota—cotB (b) cota —cotB _ h(cota- cot) _ (cota -cotf) () ™ "cota +cotp. (ee cota +cotBx ay = Cote Fan HB <= (Yh) cote X= (yth) corB YCom* - hoot = yoorR + hootB Y (Cots-CotB) = h (cob+ cots) Ye h (cote+GotB) Ans (Cote co+5) a