The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower situated perpendicularly on a plane is observed as 60° from a point P on the same plane. From another point Q, 10m vertically above the point P, the angle of depression of the foot of the tower is 30°. The height of the tower is
In the given problem, distance between tower and point of observation will be the adjacent side and tower will be the opposite side.
Let 'd' be the distance and 'h' be the height of the tower.
tan 60 = h/d => d = h/tan 30
tan 30 = (h-10)/d => d = (h-10)/ tan 60
h/tan 30 = (h-10)/tan 60
h/h-10 = 3
2h = 30
h = 15m
Option A is the correct answer.
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