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Some Applications Of Trigonometry

Question
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The angle of depression of a car parked on the road from the top of a 150 m high tower is 30°. The distance of the car from the tower (in metres) is

  • 503

  • 1503

  • 1502

  • 75

Solution

A.

503

                      

Let AB be the tower and BC be the distance between tower and car. Let θ be the angle of depression of the car.

According to the given information,

In ABC,tanθ = BCAB       Using (1) and tan30° = 13BC = 1503 = 15033 = 503Hence, distance between the tower and car is  503 .