two windmills of height 50 meters and 40 meters are on either side of the field. a person observes the top of the windmills from a point in the between the towers. the angle of elevation was found to be 45 degrees in both cases. find the distance between the windmills
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et ab and cd be the towers =50 metres and 40 metres respectively
and the point from where the person is watching be e.
therefore,in triangle abe,
tan 45=opp/adj=ab/be
1 =50/be
be=50 metres
in triangle cde,
tan 45=opp/adj=cd/de
1=40/de
de=40 metres
the distance between the wind mills=bd=be+ed=50+40=90 metres
therefore the answer is 90 metres
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and the point from where the person is watching be e.
therefore,in triangle abe,
tan 45=opp/adj=ab/be
1 =50/be
be=50 metres
in triangle cde,
tan 45=opp/adj=cd/de
1=40/de
de=40 metres
the distance between the wind mills=bd=be+ed=50+40=90 metres
therefore the answer is 90 metres
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The distance between them is 90 m
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