Height and Distance Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: From two points on the ground lying on a straight line through the foot of a pillar, the two angles of elevation of the top of the pillar are complementary to each other. If the distance of the two points from the foot of the pillar are 9 meters and 16 meters and the two points lie on the same side of the pillar. Then the height of the pillar is
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5dcbd69645ad6b59c82e67ac- 15 mfalse
- 210 mfalse
- 39 mfalse
- 412 mtrue
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Answer : 4. "12 m "
Q: An observer on the top of a mountain, 500 m above the sea level, observes the angles of depression of the two boats in his same place vision to be 45 ° and 30 ° respectively. Then the distance between the boats, if the boats are on the same side of the mountain, is
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5f0c1159cec10557a8da9d97- 1366 mtrue
- 2699 mfalse
- 3456 mfalse
- 4584 mfalse
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Answer : 1. "366 m "
Q: From the top of an upright pole $$24\sqrt { 3} $$ feet high, the angle of elevation of the top of an upright tower was 600. If the foot of the pole was 60 feet away from the foot of the tower, what tall (in feet) was the tower?
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649e82f546047484bc7dbcbd- 1$$84\sqrt { 3} $$true
- 2$$36\sqrt { 3} $$false
- 3$$44\sqrt { 3} $$false
- 4$$60\sqrt { 3} $$false
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Answer : 1. "$$84\sqrt { 3} $$"
Q: From a point P on the ground the angle of elevation of the top of a 10m tall building is 30°. A flag is hoisted at the top of the building and the angle of elevation of the top of the flagstaff from P is 450. Find the length of the flagstaff (Take √3 = 1.732)
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5f0bf575cec10557a8da0e82- 110 √3 mfalse
- 27.32 mtrue
- 310 (√30+2) mfalse
- 410 (√30+1) mfalse
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Answer : 2. "7.32 m"
Q: A tower is broken at a point P above the ground. The top of the tower makes an angle 60 ° with the ground at Q. From another point R on the opposite side of Q angle of elevation of point P is 30 °. If QR = 180 m, then what is the total height (in meters ) of the tower ?
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5f0c2321fce67160728a2aa9- 145(√3+1)false
- 245(√3+2)true
- 390false
- 445√3false
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Answer : 2. "45(√3+2)"
Q: A pole stands vertically inside a scalene triangular park ABC. If the angle of elevation of the top of the pole from each corner of the park is same, then in ∆ABC, the foot of the pole is at the
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5f083c4c70ee59767c9f17cf- 1incentrefalse
- 2orthocenterfalse
- 3centroidfalse
- 4circumcentertrue
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Answer : 4. "circumcenter "
Q: The angle of elevation of sun changes from 30 ° to 45 °, the length of the shadow of a pole decreases by 4 meters, the height of the pole is (Assume √3 = 1.732)
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5f0bf2acfce6716072896ba9- 13.648 mfalse
- 25.464 mtrue
- 31.464 mfalse
- 49.464 mfalse
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Answer : 2. "5.464 m"
Q: A boat is moving away from an observation tower. It makes an angle of depression of 60 ° with an observer's eye when at a distance of 50 m from the tower. After 8 sec, the angle of depression becomes 30 °. By assuming that it is running in still water, the approximate speed of the boat is
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5f0c1694fce671607289ec0d- 145 km/htrue
- 250 km/hfalse
- 333 km/hfalse
- 442 km/hfalse
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