Question

6. A boy, 16 m tall, is 20 m away from a tower
and observes the angle of elevation of the top
of the tower to be (i) 45° (ii) 60°. Find the
height of the tower in each case.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Find the height of the tower in each case. Hint: When a boy stands near a tower and observes its top it makes a right triangle with angle 45° and 60°using trigonometric formula we can find height. And the height of tower in case of elevation of 60° = 36.24.