Heights and distances

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HEIGHT AND DISTANCES

USUAL LINE OF SIGHT

ANGLE OF ELEVATION

ANGLE OF DEPRESSION

QUESTION

SOLUTION

CONTENTS

HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES

USUAL LINE OF SIGHT

ANGLE OF ELEVATION

The angle between the usual line of sight and raised line of

sight is called angle of elevation

Usual line

ANGLE OF DEPRESSION

The angle between usual line of sight and lowered line of sight is

called angle of depression

USUAL LINE

QUESTION

The length of shadow of

a tree is 16m, when the sun is at an elevation of

60⁰ . What is the height of tree?

16 m

x

60⁰

A B

C

SOLUTION

tan 60˚ = x ∕ 16

√‾3 = x ∕ 16

X=16 √‾3 m

Height of the tree =16 √‾3 m

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