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## Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 10th Maths Solutions Chapter 6 Trigonometry Ex 6.2

Question 1.
Find the angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is 30 m away from the foot of a tower of height 10 $$\sqrt { 3 }$$ m.
Height of the tower (AC) = 10 $$\sqrt { 3 }$$ m
Distance between the base of the tower and point of observation (AB) = 30 m
Let the angle of elevation ∠ABC be θ
In the right ∆ ABC, tan θ = $$\frac { AC }{ AB }$$
= $$\frac{10 \sqrt{3}}{30}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}$$

tan θ = $$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$$ = tan 30°
∴ Angle of inclination is 30°

Question 2.
A road is flanked on either side by continuous rows of houses of height 4$$\sqrt { 3 }$$ m with no space in between them. A pedestrian is standing on the median of the road facing a row house. The angle of elevation from the pedestrian to the top of the house is 30° . Find the width of the road.
Let the mid point of the road AB is “P” (PA = PB)
Height of the home = 4$$\sqrt { 3 }$$ m
Let the distance between the pedestrian and the house be “x”
In the right ∆ APD, tan 30° = $$\frac { AD }{ AP }$$

$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{4 \sqrt{3}}{x}$$
x = 4 $$\sqrt { 3 }$$ × $$\sqrt { 3 }$$ = 12 m
∴ Width of the road = PA + PB
= 12 + 12
= 24 m

Question 3.
To a man standing outside his house, the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of a window are 60° and 45° respectively. If the height of the man is 180 cm and if he is 5 m away from the wall, what is the height of the window? ($$\sqrt { 3 }$$ = 1.732)
Let the height of the window FE be “h” m
Let FC be “x” m
∴ EC = (h + x) m

In the right ∆ CDF, tan 45° = $$\frac { CE }{ CD }$$
1 = $$\frac { x }{ 5 }$$ ⇒ x = 5
In the right ∆ CDE, tan 60° = $$\frac { CE }{ CD }$$
$$\sqrt { 3 }$$ = $$\frac { x+h }{ 5 }$$ ⇒ x + h = 5$$\sqrt { 3 }$$
5 + h = 5 $$\sqrt { 3 }$$ (substitute the value of x)
h = 5 $$\sqrt { 3 }$$ – 5 = 5 × 1.732 – 5 = 8. 66 – 5 = 3.66
∴ Height of the window = 3.66 m

Question 4.
A statue 1.6 m tall stands on the top of a pedestal. From a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of the top of the statue is 60° and from the same point the angle of elevation of the top of the pedestal is 40° . Find the height of the pedestal.
(tan 40° = 0.8391, $$\sqrt { 3 }$$ = 1.732)
Height of the statue = 1.6 m
Let the height of the pedestal be “h”
Let AB be x
In the right ∆ ABD, tan 60° = $$\frac { AD }{ AB }$$
$$\sqrt { 3 }$$ = $$\frac { h+1.6 }{ x }$$
x = $$\frac{h+1.6}{\sqrt{3}}$$ ……..(1)

In the right ∆ ABC, tan 40° = $$\frac { AC }{ AB }$$
0.8391 = $$\frac { h }{ x }$$
x = $$\frac { h }{ 0.8391 }$$
Substitute the value of x in (1)
$$\frac{h}{0.8391}=\frac{h+1.6}{\sqrt{3}}$$
(h + 1.6) 0.8391 = $$\sqrt { 3 }$$ h
0.8391 h + 1.34 = 1.732 h
1.34 = 1.732 h – 0.8391 h
1.34 = 0.89 h
h = $$\frac { 1.34 }{ 0.89 }$$ = $$\frac { 134 }{ 89 }$$ = 1.5 m
Height of the pedestal = 1.5 m

Question 5.
A Flag pole ‘h’ metres is on the top of the hemispherical dome of radius ‘r’ metres. A man is standing 7 m away from the dome. Seeing the top of the pole at an angle 45° and moving 5 m away from the dome and seeing the bottom of the pole at an angle 30° . Find (i) the height of the pole (ii) radius of the dome. ($$\sqrt { 3 }$$ = 1.732)

Height of the Flag pole (ED) = h m
AC = (r + 7)
AB = (r + 7 + 5)
= (r + 12)
In the right ∆ ABD, tan 30° = $$\frac { AD }{ AB }$$

$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{r}{r+12}$$
$$\sqrt { 3 }$$ r = r + 12
$$\sqrt { 3 }$$ r – r = 12 ⇒ r ($$\sqrt { 3 }$$ – 1) = 12
r[1.732 – 1] = 12 ⇒ 0.732 r = 12
r = $$\frac { 12 }{ 0.732 }$$ ⇒ = 16.39 m
In the right ∆ ACE, tan 45° = $$\frac { AE }{ AC }$$
1 + $$\frac { r+h }{ r+7 }$$
r + 7 = r + h
∴ h = 7 m
Height of the pole (h) = 7 m
Radius of the dome (r) = 16.39 m

Question 6.
The top of a 15 m high tower makes an angle of elevation of 60° with the bottom of an electronic pole and angle of elevation of 30° with the top of the pole. What is the height of the electric pole?
Let the height of the electric pole AD be “h” m
EC = 15 – h m
Let AB be “x”

In the right ∆ ABC, tan 60° = $$\frac { BC }{ AB }$$
$$\sqrt { 3 }$$ = $$\frac { 15 }{ x }$$
x = $$=\frac{15}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{15 \times \sqrt{3}}{3}$$
= 5$$\sqrt { 3 }$$
In the right ∆ CDE, tan 30° = $$\frac { EC }{ DE }$$
$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{15-h}{x}$$ ………….(1)
Substitute the value of x = 5 $$\sqrt { 3 }$$ in (1)
$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{15-h}{5 \sqrt{3}} \Rightarrow \sqrt{3}(15-h)=5 \sqrt{3}$$
(15 – h) = $$\frac{5 \sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{3}}$$ ⇒ 15 – h = 5
h = 15 – 5 = 10
∴ Height of the electric pole = 10 m

Question 7.
A vertical pole fixed to the ground is divided in the ratio 1:9 by a mark on it with lower part shorter than the upper part. If the two parts subtend equal angles at a place on the ground, 25 m away from the base of the pole, what is the height of the pole?
Let the first part of the pole be “x” and the second part be “9x”
∴ height of the pole (AC) = x + 9x = 10x
Given ∠CDB = ∠BDA
∴ BD is the angle bisector of ∠ADC
By angle bisector theorem

$$\frac { AB }{ BC }$$ = $$\frac { AD }{ DC }$$
$$\frac { 9x }{ x }$$ = $$\frac { AD }{ 25 }$$ ⇒ AD = 9 × 25 = 225
In the right ∆ ACD
(225)2 = (10x)2 + 252
50625 = 100x2 + 625
∴ 100x2 = 50625 – 625 = 50000
x2 = $$\frac { 50000 }{ 100 }$$ = 500
x = $$\sqrt { 500 }$$ = $$\sqrt{5 \times 100}=10 \sqrt{5}$$
∴ AC = 10 × 10$$\sqrt { 5 }$$ = 100 $$\sqrt { 5 }$$ (AC = 10x)
∴ Height of the pole = 100 $$\sqrt { 5 }$$ m

Question 8.
A traveler approaches a mountain on highway. He measures the angle of elevation to the peak at each milestone. At two consecutive milestones the angles measured are 4° and 8°. What is the height of the peak if the distance between consecutive milestones is 1 mile, (tan 4° = 0.0699, tan 8° = 0.1405)
Let the height of the peak be “h” mile. Let AD be x mile.
∴ AB = (x + 1) mile.
In the right ∆ ADC, tan 8° = $$\frac { AC }{ AC }$$

0.1405 = $$\frac { h }{ x }$$
x = $$\frac { h }{ 0.1405 }$$ ………..(1)
In ∆ ABC, tan 4° = $$\frac { AC }{ AB }$$
0.0699 = $$\frac { h }{ x+1 }$$ ⇒ (x + 1) 0.0699 = h
0.0699x + 0.0699 = h
0.0699 x = h – 0.0699
x = $$\frac { h-0.0699 }{ 0.0699 }$$ ………(2)
Equation (1) and (2) we get,
$$\frac { h-0.0699 }{ 0.0699 }$$ = $$\frac { h }{ 0.1405 }$$
0.0699 h = 0.1405 (h – 0.0699)
0.0699 h = 0.1405 h – 0.0098
0.0098 = 0.1405 h – 0.0699 h
0.0098 = 0.0706 h
h = $$\frac { 0.0098 }{ 0.0706 }$$ = $$\frac { 98 }{ 706 }$$ = 0.1388
= 0.14 mile (approximately)
Height of the peak = 0.14 mile