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Some Applications of Trigonometry

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51. Two ships are sailing in the sea on the either side of the lighthouse, the angles of depression of two ships as observed from the top of the lighthouse are 60° and 45° respectively. If the distance between the ships is 200

open parentheses fraction numerator square root of 3 plus 1 over denominator square root of 3 end fraction close parentheses straight m.

Find the height of the lighthouse.

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52. A boy is standing on the ground and flying a kite with a string of length 150 m, at an angle of elevation of 30°. Another boy is standing on the roof of a 25 m high building and is flying his kite at an elevation of 45°. Both the boys are on opposite sides of both the kites. Find the length of the string (in mts), correct to two decimal places, that the second boy must have so that the two kites meet.

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53. A man is standing on the deck of a ship, which is 10 m above water level. He observes the angle of elevation of the top of a hill as 60° and the angle of depression of the base of the hill as 30°. Calculate the distance of the hill from the ship and the height of the hill.

Let C be position of the man. AB be the water level, and BH be the hill. The angles of elevation of the top and depression of foot from the deck of the ship be 60° and 30° respectively.
i.e., ∠DCH = 60° and ∠BCD = 30°

Let HD = x m
In right triangle CDH, we have

$tan space 60 degree equals HD over CD rightwards double arrow space space square root of 3 space equals space straight x over CD rightwards double arrow space space CD space equals space fraction numerator straight x over denominator square root of 3 end fraction space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space... left parenthesis straight i right parenthesis$
In right triangle CDB, we have

$tan space 30 degree space equals space BD over CD rightwards double arrow space space fraction numerator 1 over denominator square root of 3 end fraction equals 10 over CD rightwards double arrow space space space CD space equals space 10 square root of 3 space space space space space space space space space space space space... left parenthesis ii right parenthesis$
Hence, distance of the ship from the hill $equals 10 square root of 3 space straight m.$
Comparing (i) and (ii), we get

$fraction numerator straight x over denominator square root of 3 end fraction equals 10 square root of 3 space straight m rightwards double arrow space space straight x space equals space 10 square root of 3 space straight m space straight x space square root of 3 space equals space 30 space straight m.$

Now, total height of the hill
= BD + DH = 10 + x
= 10 + 30 = 40 m
Hence, height of the hill = 40 m.

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54. At a point on level ground, the angle of elevation of a vertical tower is found to be such that its tangent is 5/12. On walking 192 metres towards the tower, the tangents of the angle is found to be 3/4. Find the height of the tower.

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55. The horizontal distance between two towers is 140 m. The angles of depression of the first tower, when seen from the top of the second tower is 30°. If the height of the first tower is 60 m. Find the height of the second tower.

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56. A boy standing on a horizontal plane finds a bird flying at a distance of 100 m from him at an elevation of 30°. A girl standing finds the angle of elevation of the same bird to be 45°. Both the boy and the girl are on opposite sides of the bird. Find the distance of bird from the girl.

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57. From the top of a building 100 m high, the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a tower are observed to be 45° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the tower. Also find the distance between the foot of the building and bottom of the tower.

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58. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of an 8 m tall building from the top of a multistoreyed building are 30° and 45° respectively. Find the height of the multistoreyed building and the distance between the two buildings.

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59. There are two poles, one each on cither bank of a river, just opposite to each other. One pole is 60 m high. From the top of this pole, the angles of depression of the top and the foot of the other pole are 30° and 60° respectively. Find the width of the river and the height of the other pole.

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60. From the top and foot of a tower 40 m high, the angle of elevation of the top of a light house is found to be 30° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the lighthouse. Also find the distance of the top of the lighthouse from the foot of the tower.

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