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An electrician has to repair an electric fault on a pole of height 4 metres. He needs to reach a point 1 metre below the top of the pole to undertake the repair work. What should be the length of the ladder that he should use, which when inclined at an angle of 60° to the horizontal would enable him to reach the required position? [Use 3=1.73]

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Important Questions on Heights and Distances

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From the top of a building AB, 60 m high, the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a vertical lamp post CD are observed to be 30° and 60°, respectively. If the horizontal distance between AB and CD is x m, then find the value of x correct to one decimal place. [Take 3=1.732]

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From the top of a building AB, 60 m high, the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a vertical lamp post CD are observed to be 30° and 60°, respectively. Find the height of the lamp post,

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From the top of a building AB, 60 m high, the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a vertical lamp post CD are observed to be 30° and 60°, respectively. Find the difference between the heights of the building and the lamp post.

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A man observes a car from the top of a tower, which is moving towards the tower with a uniform speed. If the angle of depression of the car changes from 30° to 45° in 12 minutes and the time taken by the car to reach the tower is k(3+1) min, find the value of k.
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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. The width of the river is _____ m [Use 3=1.732]
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From a point on the ground the angles of elevation of the bottom and top of a communication tower fixed on the top of a 20 m high building are 45° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the tower. [Take 3=1.732]
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10th CBSE
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From the top of a hill, the angles of depression of two consecutive kilometre stones due east are found to be 45° and 30° respectively. Find the height of the hill in km.
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10th CBSE
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If at some time of the day the ratio of the height of a vertically standing pole to the length of its shadow on the ground is 3:1 then find the angle of elevation of the sun at that time.