Height and Distance Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: A straight tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches the ground making an angle of 30 ° with the ground. The distance from the foot of the tree to the point, where the top touches the ground is 10m. Find the total height of the tree
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5f0c107b6d4355600942c91c- 110(√3+1) mfalse
- 210(√3-1) mfalse
- 310 √3 mtrue
- 4$${10√3 \over3}m$$false
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Answer : 3. "10 √3 m "
Q: Two poles of equal height are standing opposite to each other on either side of a road, which is 28 metre wide. From a point between them on the road, the angle of elevation of the top are 30° and 60°. The height of each pole is:-
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5f5b0349dc518b408a41c7d7- 1$$ {6{\sqrt{3}}}\ metre$$true
- 2$$ {5{\sqrt{3}}}\ metre$$false
- 3$$ {4{\sqrt{3}}}\ metre$$false
- 4$$ {7{\sqrt{3}}}\ metre$$false
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Answer : 1. "$$ {6{\sqrt{3}}}\ metre$$"
Q: The angle of elevation of sun changes form 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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5dcbd87745ad6b59c82e6940- 11.464 mfalse
- 29.464 mfalse
- 33.648 cmfalse
- 45.464 mtrue
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Answer : 4. "5.464 m"
Q: The shadow of the tower becomes 60 meters longer when the altitude of the sun changes from 45 ° to 30 °. Then the height of the tower is
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5f0c30a56d435560094325bb- 130(√3+1) mtrue
- 230(√3-1) mfalse
- 320(√3+1) mfalse
- 424(√3+1) mfalse
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Answer : 1. "30(√3+1) m "
Q: The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from two points A and B lying on the horizontal through the foot of the tower are 159 and 30° respectively. If A and B are on the same side of the tower and AB = 48 meter, then the height of the tower is;
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5f083775429a37679ec23284- 124√2 meterfalse
- 296 meterfalse
- 325√3 meterfalse
- 424 metertrue
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Answer : 4. "24 meter"
Q: A kite is flying at a height of 50m. If the length of string is 100m then the inclination of string to the horizontal ground in degree measures is:
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606ed2fa556643278a7e1a44- 190false
- 245false
- 360false
- 430true
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Answer : 4. "30"
Q: A person from the top of a hill observes a vehicle moving towards him at a uniform speed. It takes 10 minutes for the angle of depression to change from 45 ° to 60 °. After this the time required by the vehicle to reach the bottom of the hill is
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5f0c0d6bcec10557a8da9971- 113 min 40 sectrue
- 214 min 24 secfalse
- 312 min 20 secfalse
- 413 minfalse
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Answer : 1. "13 min 40 sec "
Q: The angle of elevation of the top of two vertical towers as seen from the middle point of the line joining the foot of the towers are 60° and 30°, respectively. The ratio of the heights of the tower is
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5dca95b845ad6b59c82bb7fe- 12 : 1false
- 2√3 : 1false
- 33 : 2false
- 43 : 1true
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