Question

1. A circus artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a vertical pole to the ground. Find the height of the pole, if the angle made by the rope with the ground level is 30°. (see fig. 9.11)


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Answer 1

ANSWER:-

Let AC be the rope whose length is 20 m, and AB be the vertical pole of height h m and the angle of elevation of A at point C on the ground is 30°. Hence, the height of the pole is 10 m.