Height and Distance Questions Practice Question and Answer

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The upper part of a tree is broken over by the wind makes an angle of 60 ° with the ground. The distance between the root and the point where top of the tree touches the ground is 25 metres. What was the height (in metres) of the tree? 

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    98.25
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    120.24
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    84.14
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    93.3
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "93.3 "

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Answer : 3. "40 m"

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A pole stands vertically inside a scalene triangular park ABC. If the angle of elevation of the top of the pole from each corner of the park is same, then in ∆ABC, the foot of the pole is at the 

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    incentre
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    orthocenter
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    centroid
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    circumcenter
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Answer : 4. "circumcenter "

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From a tower 125 metres high the angle of depression of two objects, which are horizontal line through the base of the tower are 45° and 30° and they are on the same side of the tower. The distance (in metres) between the objects is

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    125√3
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    125(√3-1)
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    125/(√3-1)
    Correct
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    125/(√3+1)
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Answer : 2. "125(√3-1) "

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A man standing on the bank of river observes that the angle subtended by a tree on the opposite bank is 60°. When he retrieves 36 m from the bank, he find that the angle is 30°. The breadth of the river is

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    15 m
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    18 m
    Correct
    Wrong
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    16 m
    Correct
    Wrong
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    11 m
    Correct
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Answer : 2. "18 m"

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The angle of elevation of a tower from a distance 50 m from its foot is 30°. The height of the tower is 

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    50 √ 3 m
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    $$ 50\over √3$$ m
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    75 √3 m
    Correct
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    $$ 75\over √3$$ m
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Answer : 2. "$$ 50\over √3$$ m"

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The angles of elevation of the top of a temple, from the foot and the top of a building 48 m high, are 60o and 30o respectively. The height of the temple is more than the building. The height of the temple is-

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    72 m
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    75 m
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    60 m
    Correct
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    65 m
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Answer : 1. "72 m"

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A pilot in an aeroplane at an altitude of 200 m observes two points lying on either side of a river. If the angles of depression of the two points be 45 ° and 60 °, then the width of the river is 

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    400√3m
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    $${400\over√3}m $$
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    $$200+{200\over√3}m $$
    Correct
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    $$200-{200\over√3}m $$
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Answer : 3. "$$200+{200\over√3}m $$"

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