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An electric pole is 10 metres high. If its shadow is 103 metres in length, find the elevation of the sun.

Important Questions on Heights and Distances

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Understanding ICSE Mathematics Class 10>Chapter 20 - Heights and Distances>Exercise 20>Q 2
The angle of elevation of the top of a tower, from a point on the ground and at a distance of 150 m from its foot, is 30°. Find the height of the tower correct to one place of decimal.
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Understanding ICSE Mathematics Class 10>Chapter 20 - Heights and Distances>Exercise 20>Q 3
A ladder is placed against a wall such that it just reaches the top of the wall. The foot of the ladder is 1.5 metres away from the wall and the ladder is inclined at an angle of 60° with the ground. Find the height of the wall.
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Understanding ICSE Mathematics Class 10>Chapter 20 - Heights and Distances>Exercise 20>Q 4
What is the angle of elevation of the sun when the length of shadow of a vertical pole is equal to its height?
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Understanding ICSE Mathematics Class 10>Chapter 20 - Heights and Distances>Exercise 20>Q 5
From a point P on level ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30°. If the tower is 100 m high, how far is P from the foot of the tower?
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Understanding ICSE Mathematics Class 10>Chapter 20 - Heights and Distances>Exercise 20>Q 6
From the top of a cliff 92 m high, the angle of depression of a buoy is 20°. Calculate to the nearest metre, the distance of the buoy from the foot of the cliff.
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Understanding ICSE Mathematics Class 10>Chapter 20 - Heights and Distances>Exercise 20>Q 7
A boy is flying a kite with a string of length 100 m. If the string is tight and the angle of elevation of the kite is 26° 32', find the height of the kite correct to one decimal place (ignore the height of the boy).
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Understanding ICSE Mathematics Class 10>Chapter 20 - Heights and Distances>Exercise 20>Q 8
An electric pole is 10 m high. A steel wire tied to the top of the pole is affixed at a point on the ground to keep the pole upright. If the wire makes an angle of 45° with the horizontal through the foot of the pole, find the length of the wire.
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Understanding ICSE Mathematics Class 10>Chapter 20 - Heights and Distances>Exercise 20>Q 9
A vertical tower is 20 m high. A man standing at some distance from the tower kncws that the cosine of the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 0.53. How far is he standing from the foot of the tower?