Math, asked by misscuteee, 1 year ago

a tower stand on the top of the cliff at a distance of 55m from the foot of the cliff,the angle of elevation of the top of the tower as well as the cliff are 60 and 45 degrees respectively..find height of the tower.

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Answered by mohitgurung626
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as usual, draw a diagram.
Your will see that the distances to top and bottom of tower are 

top/55 = tan 60° 
bottom/55 = tan 45° 

Now just evaluate top and bottom, and you can subtract to get the height of the tower. 

You should get 55(√3 - 1)
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