Height and Distance Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: The angle of elevation of ladder leaning against a house is 60° and the foot of the ladder is 6.5 meters from the house. The length of the ladder is
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5dcbd81145ad6b59c82e67fc- 1$$ {13\over √3} meters $$false
- 213 meterstrue
- 315 metersfalse
- 43. 25 metersfalse
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Answer : 2. "13 meters "
Q: From a tower 125 metres high the angle of depression of two objects, which are horizontal line through the base of the tower are 45° and 30° and they are on the same side of the tower. The distance (in metres) between the objects is
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5d70e57bd8eebc768d1174ce- 1125√3false
- 2125(√3-1)true
- 3125/(√3-1)false
- 4125/(√3+1)false
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Answer : 2. "125(√3-1) "
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: An electrician has to repair an electric fault on a pole of height 4 m. He needs to reach a point 1.3 m below the top of the pole to un dertake the repair work the length of ladder that he should use, which when inclined at an angle of 60° to the horizontal would enable him to reach the required positions is :
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600a8dffbaeda263c3c88b13- 1$$ {9\sqrt{3}\over 10}{\ meter}$$false
- 2$$ {3\sqrt{3}\over 10}{\ meter}$$false
- 3$$ {3\sqrt{3}\over 5}{\ meter}$$false
- 4$$ {9\sqrt{3}\over 5}{\ meter}$$true
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Answer : 4. "$$ {9\sqrt{3}\over 5}{\ meter}$$"
Q: The shadow of a tower standing on a level plane is found to be 30 metre longer when the Sun's altitude changes from 60 ° to 45 °. The height of the tower is
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5f0bf3fc6d435560094248be- 115 (√3-1) mfalse
- 215 (3-√3) mfalse
- 315 (3+√3) mtrue
- 415 (3-√3) mfalse
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Answer : 3. "15 (3+√3) m "
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
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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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Answer : 4. "3 : 1"
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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