Heights and Distances
Heights and Distances: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Heights and Distances, Angle of Elevation, Angle of Depression, Line of Sight in Trigonometry & Some Applications of Trigonometry etc.
Important Questions on Heights and Distances
At a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a tall building and of a helicopter hovering some distance over the top of the building are and respectively. Then, the height of the helicopter above the ground is

What is the angle of elevation of the sun when the length of the shadow of a vertical pole is equal to its height?

At a point , the angle of elevation of a tower is found to be such that its tangent is . On walking towards the tower, the tangent of the angle of elevation is found to be . Find the height of the tower.the

The angles of depression of Two ships from the top of a lighthouse are and towards east, if the ships are apart, the height of lighthouse is (Take )

A man moves East from his residence and then moves North. He then goes North-East and finally he takes a turn of towards right and moves a distance and reaches his office. What is the shortest distance of the office from his residence?

The angle of elevation of a boat from a high bridge is . If boat is moving with the speed of then time taken by the boat to get under the bridge is

A person stands at a height of wants to get a fruit which is on a pole of height . If he stands at a distance of from the foot of the pole horizontally, then the angle at which he should throw the stone, so that it hits the fruit is ______.

A telegraph post gets broken at a point against a storm and its top touches the ground at a distance from the base of the post making an angle with the ground. What is the height of the post (in )?

The horizontal distance between two towers is . The angular elevation of the top of the taller tower as seen from the top of the shorter one is . If the height of the taller tower is , the height of the shorter one approximately equal to_____.

A man is watching form the top of the tower a boat speeding away from the tower. The boat makes the angle of depression of with the man's eye when at a distance of from the tower. After the angle of depression becomes . What is the approximate speed of the boat, assuming that it is running in still water ?

The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is away from the foot of the tower is °. Find the height of the tower.

A man is watching from the top of a tower a boat speeding away from the tower. The boat makes an angle of depression of with the man's eye when at a distance of from the bottom of tower. After , the angle of depression becomes . What is the approximate speed of the boat assuming that it is running in still water?

The top of a high tower makes an angle of elevation of with the bottom of an electric pole and an angle of elevation of with the top of the pole. Find the height of the electric pole?

The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from the top and the foot of a pole of height are and respectively. Then the height of the tower is...-

A fountain, off the base of a pillar on the same level ground was visible from height of the pillar at angle of depression. Then the height of the pillar is

Two boats leave a place at the same time. One travels in the direction , while the other travels in the direction . What is the distance between the boats?

The angle of depression of a vehicle on the ground from the top of a tower is . If the vehicle is at a distance of away from the building, find the height of the tower.

A straight tree breaks due to a storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches the ground making an angle of with the ground. The distance from the foot of the tree of the point where the top touches the ground is . The height of the tree (in ) is ________.

Suppose the angle of elevation of the top of a tree at a point due east of the tree is and that at a point due west of the tree is . If the distance between the points and is Feet, then what is the height of the tree?

The angle of depression of a point on the ground as seen from the top of a tower, high, is . Find the distance of the point on the ground from the foot of the tower.
