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At a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of a tower is such that its cotangent is $\frac{3}{5}$ . On walking $32$ metres towards the tower, the cotangent of the angle of elevation is $\frac{2}{5}$ . The height of the tower is

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A B C

is a triangular park with

A B = A C = 100

metres. A vertical tower is situated at the mid-point of

B C

. If the angles of elevation of the top of the tower at,

A

and

B

are

{c o t}^{- 1} (3 \sqrt{2})

and

{c o s e c}^{- 1} (2 \sqrt{2})

respectively, then the height of the tower (in metres) is

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If the angles of elevation of the top of a tower from three collinear points

A, B

and

C

on a line leading to the foot of the tower are

30 °, 45 °

and

60 °

respectively, then the ratio

A B : B C

, is

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Two vertical poles of height,

20 m

and

80 m

stand apart on a horizontal plane. The height (in meters) of the point of intersection of the lines joining the top of each pole to the foot of the other, from this horizontal plane is:

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Two poles of the height $12 m$ and $17 m$ stand vertically upright on a plain ground. If the distance between their feet is $12 m$ , find the distance between their tops.

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A sphere with centre $O$ sits atop a pole as shown in the figure. An observer on the ground is at a distance $50 m$ from the foot of the pole. She notes that the angles of elevation from the observer to points $P$ and $Q$ on the sphere are $30 °$ and $60 °$ , respectively. Then, the radius of the sphere in meters is

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In triangle

ABC

measure of angle

B

90 °

. If

\sec A = \frac{25}{7}

and

AB = 14 cm

, what is the length (in

cm

) of side

BC

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A man is walking towards a vertical pillar in a straight path, at a uniform speed. At a certain point

A

on the path, he observes that the angle of elevation of the top of the pillar is

30^{°}

. After walking for

10

minutes from

A

in the same direction, at a point

B

, he observes that the angle of elevation of the top of the pillar is

60^{°}

. Then the time taken (in minutes) by him, from

B

to reach the pillar, is

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A peacock perched on the top of a

12 m

high tree spots a snake moving towards its hole at the base of a tree from a distance equal to thrice the height of the tree. The peacock flies towards the snake in a straight line, and they both move at the same speed. At what distance from the base of the tree will peacock catch the snake?

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Let a vertical tower

A B

have its end

A

on the level ground. Let

C

be the mid-point of

A B

and

P

be a point on the ground such that

A P = 2 A B

. If

∠ B P C = β

, then

\tan β

is equal to:

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A man on the top of a vertical tower observes a car moving at a uniform speed towards the tower on a horizontal road. If it takes

18 \min

for the angle of depression of the car to change from

30 °

45 °

, then the time taken (in

\min

) by the car to reach the foot of the tower is

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A ladder $10 m$ long is leaning against a vertical wall. It makes an angle of $60 °$ with the ground. How far is the foot of the ladder from the wall?

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Let

10

vertical poles standing at equal distances on a straight line, subtend the same angle of elevation

α

at a point

O

on this line and all the poles are on the same side of

O

. If the height of the longest pole is

h

and the distance of the foot of the smallest pole from

O

a

; then the distance between two consecutive poles, is

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X is $5 m$ tall and he notices that he casts a shadow that is $3 m$ long. He then measures that the shadow cast by his school building is $30 m$ long. How tall is the building?

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∆ XYZ

, the measure of angle

Y

90 °

. If

\sec X = \frac{17}{8}

, and

XY = 0.8 cm

, what is the length (in

cm

) of side

XZ

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P and Q are two points on the ground on either side of a pole. The angles of elevation of the top of the pole as observed from P and Q are

60^{o}

and

30^{o}

, respectively and the distance between them is

84 \sqrt{3} m

. What is the height (in

m

) of the pole?

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A person standing on the top of a building of height

60 \sqrt{3}

feet observed the top of a tower to lie at an elevation of

45 ° .

That person descended to the bottom of the building and found that the top of the same tower is now at an angle of elevation of

60 ° .

The height of the tower (in feet) is

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The angle of elevation of a cloud

C

from a point

P, 200 m

above a still lake is

30^{o}

. If the angle of depression of the image of

C

in the lake from the point

P

60^{o}

, then

P C

(in

m

) is equal to

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P Q R

is a triangular park with

P Q = P R = 200 m

. A T.V. tower stands at the mid-point of

Q R

. If the angles of elevation of the top of the tower at

P, Q

and

R

are respectively,

45 °, 30 °

and

30 °

, then the height of the tower (in

m

) is:

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A bird is sitting on the top of a vertical pole

20 m

high and its elevation from a point

O

on the ground is

45 °

. It flies off horizontally straight away from the point

O

. After one second, the elevation of the bird from

O

is reduced to

30 °

. Then the speed (in

m / s

) of the bird is

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If the angle of elevation of a cloud from a point

P

which is

25 m

above a lake be

30 °

and the angle of depression of reflection of the could in the lake from

P

60 °

, then the height of the cloud (in meters) from the surface of the lake is :

At a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of a tower is such that its cotangent is 35. On walking 32 metres towards the tower, the cotangent of the angle of elevation is 25 . The height of the tower is

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At a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of a tower is such that its cotangent is $\frac{3}{5}$ . On walking $32$ metres towards the tower, the cotangent of the angle of elevation is $\frac{2}{5}$ . The height of the tower is