Question

A man is standing on a deck of a ship 8 m above the water level. He observes that the angle of elevation of the top of hill is 60°and the angle of depression of the base of the hill is 30 ° . calculate the distance of the hill from the ship and the hwight of the hill.

Answer 1

x=distance of hill from ship=8root 3
height of hill = 32 m