The angles of depression of the top and the bottom of a 8 m tall building from the top of a multi-storeyed building…
CBSE Class 10 Maths PYQ · Applications of Trig · Double Triangle · 5 Marks · 🔁 March 2024 & March 2025 · Standard
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The angles of depression of the top and the bottom of a $8$ m tall building from the top of a multi-storeyed building are $30^\circ$ and $45^\circ$ respectively. Find the height of the multi-storeyed building and the distance between the two buildings.
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Correct figure Let height of multi storeyed building AB be H m and CD is a tall building. Let the distance between the two buildings be X m. In $\Delta ABD$ $$\begin{aligned}& \tan 45^\circ = 1 = \frac{H}{X} \\ & \Rightarrow H = X \text{---------(i)} \\ & \text{In } \Delta AEC\end{aligned}$$ tan 30^° = frac{1}{√3} = $\frac{H-8}{X}$ $$\begin{aligned}& X = \sqrt{3} (H-8) \text{---------(ii)} \\ & \text{Solving equations (i) \& (ii)}\end{aligned}$$X = 4 (3 + √3)$ \\ and $H = 4 (3 + √3) The height of the multi storeyed building is $4 (3 + \sqrt{3})$ m and the distance between the two buildings is $4 (3 + \sqrt{3})$ m.