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The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of a tower is 30° and the angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60°. If the building is 15 m high, find the height of the tower.

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Two towers are at a distance of 120 meters from each other. The angle of depression from the top of the second tower to the top of the first tower is 30°. If the second tower is 40m high then find the height of the first tower.

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If the angles of elevation of the top of the tower from two points at distances of a and b cm from the base of the tower and in the same straight line with it, are complementary, then show that the height of the tower is ab.

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The angle of elevation is 60° from the top of a 15 m high building to the top of a tower and the angle of depression to the bottom of the tower is 30°. Find the height of the tower and the distance between the tower and the building.

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The distance between two points A and Bon the same side of a river bank is  40 m. There is a point C on the opposite, parallel river bank such that BAC=60° and ABC=30°.Find the width of the river.

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The angles of depression on a point P on the ground made by the peak of a temple and the flag on top of it are 30° and 60° respectively. If the temple is 10 m high, find the height of the flag.
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Two electricity poles of equal height are on the opposite sides of a 40 m wide road. The angles of depression formed by the two poles at a point on the road are 30° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the poles and their respective distance from the point.

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An observer spots a balloon moving at a height of 90 m above the horizon. If at a certain time the angle of elevation made by the balloon with the observer’s eyes is 45° which reduces to 30° after some time then find the distance covered by the balloon.
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