AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, SAKET

MATHEMATICS PRACTICE WORKSHEET- 9

Class - X
Chapter - 9: Some Applications of Trigonometry

Contents:
than two right triangles.
Simple problems on heights and distances. Problems should not involve more
Ang~s of elevati on/ depression should be only 309, 45•, and GO•.

IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND FORMULAE

be
1. The height of anObjectandthe distance betweenanytwodistantObjectscan
~etermined using Trigonometric ratios.
2. The line of sight is the line drawn from the eye of an observer to .,, .
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the point in the object viewed by the observer.
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3. The an_gl~ of elevation of the point viewed is the angle formed by

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the line of sight with the horizontal when the point being viewed is
object.
above the horizontal level, te., the case when we raise our head to look at the
4. Theangleofdepressionofa pointontheobjectbeing viewed is
the angle formed bythe line of sight with the horizontal when the
point is below the horizontal level, i.e., the case-when we lower
our head to look at the point being viewed.
5. Angle of elevation /depre·ssion should be only 30°, 45 ° and 60°.

PRACTICE QUESTIONS
mid-
1. lftwotowersofheights h1and h2subtend angfes of 60° and30°respectively atthe
poi,:it of the line joinir1g tti~ir feet, then find h1:h2.
the cliff.
2. A moving boat i-s observed from the top of a 150m high cliff moving away from
speed of
The angle of depression ofthe boat changes from 60°to45 in 2 minutes. Find the
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the boat in m/min.

the angle of
3. Aman standingonthedeckofaship, which is 10 m above water level, observes
as 30°.
elevation ofthe top of ahil{as 60° and angle of depression of the base of the hill
Find the distance of the hill the ship hejght of the hill.
of the
4. ApoleS m high is fixed on the top of a tower. The angle of elevation of the top
of the
poJe observed from apoi tit' A' on the ground is 60° and the angle of depression
point'A 'fromth etopof t~etow er is 45°. Find the heightofthetower. (✓3= 1.73)
the
5. A man rowing a boat away from a lighthouse 150 m high takes 2 minutes to change
'6 ang~eof elevation ofthetopoflighthouse from45 °to 30°.Findthe speed of the
boat. (Use

✓3 = 1.732)
 le of .•
le of elevation of the top of a hill at the f~o t of atow er is 60• and the ang
6. The ang
the
ion from the top of tow er to the foo t of hill is 3 o•. If tower Is 50 m high find
depress
height of the hill.
m abovetheground. Flying at this height
, the
7. An airplane is flying at a height of 300
rin
of the two points on both banks ofa rive
/ angles of depression from the airplane
pectively. Find the width of the river.
opposite direction are 45 • and 60° res
angleof
ang leo fele vat ion of a clou d from a point60m above a lakeis30°andthe
8. The
cloud
d in the lake is 60°. Find the height of the
depression of the reflection of the clou
from the surface of the lake. ,,
lly below
airp lane whe nfly ing at a hei ght of3 125m from the ground passes vertica I
9. An
rom t~~
les ofelevation of thetwo planes.f
anotherplaneat'1Jlinstantwhen the ang two
ectively. Findtfiedistancebetweenthe
samepointonthegroundare30°and60°resp
planes at that instant.
raflightof 30
nefrom a pointont~egrou~d is~0~.A~e
_);}, Theangleofele~~tion of anairpla stant
ond s, the ang le of elev atio n bec ome s 30°. If the airplane ,s flymg at a con
sec
the airplane.
height of 3000✓3 m, find the speed of
a cloud is
water in a lake, the angle of elevation of
11. Ata point A, 20mabovethelevelof at A is
ion ofthe cloud in the lake in the lake,
30°. The angle of depression ofthe reflect
0
60. •Find the distance of the cloud from
A.
apart
phonetotwofire stations PandQ 2Q km
12·. Afire in ~uild_ing Bis reportedontele
an angle of 60°tothe road
from each other on a straight road. Pobserves thatthefire is at
. m
e road. Which station should send its tea
.
and Qobserves that it is at an angle of45°toth
el?
and how much will thi.s team have to trav
the ground
A por tion of a 60m long tree is -0ro ken by tornado and the .top struck .up
_µ-, tree
l. Find the height of the point where the
making an angle of 30° with the ground leve -
•
was broken.
at two
" makes ar.1gles of depression of 45° and 60°
14.A parachutist is descending vertically and
the
h other on the left side of him. Find, in m,
observation point, 100m apart from eac
ance of
nd also find, inm, the approximate dist
approximateheightfromwhichhefallsa
from the first obs~rvation point.
the point where he falls on the ground
SOLUTIONS:
Q,N. Answer Q,N. Answer Q,N. Answer·
1 3:1 6 150 m 11 40m
2 25(3-x'3)=31.7m/min 7 473.2 m 12 P, 14.66 km
3 0=17.3 m, H=40 m 8 120m 13 20m
4 6.82 m 9 6250m 14 236.6 m
.)
54.9 m/minute 10 720 km/h
MULTIPLE CHICE QUESTIONS
45• and
l. The angles of depression of two ships from the top of a ~ighthouse are
30° toward s east. If the ~hles
are 10J2..m apa_,rt, the height of the lighthouse is
50 (c ) SO( v13 + I)m fd) None of these
(a) m (b) 50 m
v'J+ l ./3-1

2. The angle of elevation of a ctoud from a point 200 m above a lake is 30• and
the angte of depression.of its reflection in the lake"is 6_o• then the height of the
cloud above the lake is
(a) 200 m (b) 500 m (c}3O m (d) 400 m I
sun is
3. The ratio of a rod and its shadow is 1: v3, The angle of elevation of the
(a) 30° (b) 45 ° (c) 60 ° (d) 90°

4. The heigh.t of a tower is 100 ·m·. when the angle of elevation of the sun
Find
changes from 300 to 450, the shadow of the tower becomes x meters less.
the vatue of x .
(a.) 100 m (b.) 100v3 m (c.) 100('13 - 1) m (d) 100/v3

m
At a
5. A tower subtends an angle of 30° at a point on the same level as its foot.
tower
second point h meters above the first, the depression of the foot of the
is 60°. The height of the tower is
(a.) h/2 m (b.) v3h-m .• (c.) h/3··m (d.) h/v3 m •
post and casts a
. girl
6. If a 1.Sm tall . at .a
stands distance of 3m from
. . lamp
a
is·
shadow of length 4.5 m on the ground, then the hetght of the lamp post
(a.) 1.5 m (b.) 2 m (c.) 2.5 m (d.) 2.8 m

7. In given figure, the length of AP is

8/3 80
(d) 80-vJ cm
(a) - cm (b) ../3 cm (c} 8../3 cm
3 3
 8. The angle of elevation of the top of a church from a point 20
metres away
from its base is 45 °·The height of the church is:
(a) 10 m (b) 20 m (c) 15 m (d) 25 m
9. If the angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points
at the distance
of 3m and 12m from the base of tower and in the same straight line
with it are
complementary, then the height of the tower (in m) is :
(a) 36 m (b) 60m (c) 6 m. (d) 100m
10.The angle forme d by the line of sight with the horizontal when
the point of
observation is below the horizontal level is called:
(a) Angle of elevation (b) Angle of depression
(c) No such angle is formed (d) None of the above
11.The angle forme d by the line of sight with the horizontal when
the point of
observation being viewed is above the horizontal level is called: . I
",,

(a)Angle of elevation (b) Angle of depression

(c)No such angle is formed (d) None of the above
12. The line.drawn from the eye of an observer to the point in the
object viewed
by the observer is said to be
(a) Angle of elevation (b) Angle of depression (c) Line of sight (d)Non
e of
the above ·
~ rock climbe r stands _on ~-~yel ·grounct, 30m from
the base of a vertical cliff.
The climber holds a talitro pe that extends from the top of the cliff
to the
ground an_d the_rope makes an angle 60° with the ground. How high
is the
cliff?
• (a) 10m (b) 10v2 m (c)' 30 m (d) 30v3 m
J¥.1o ey is flying a kite. The kite is at a ~erpendicul~r dista~_ce of
5? m f:om the
ground, while the angle that the string makes with the ground 1s
45 . Joey runs
back in such a way that the kite remains at the same height but the
angle of
the string with the ground becomes 30°. How far back did Joey run?
(a) 50(1- \13) m (b) so ( v3 -1) m
(c) 100 ( v3 -1) m (d) 100 ( 2\13 -1) m .
15.James is playing basketball. He is standing 1 m away from the
basket net. He
throw s the basketball from a height of 2m at an angle of 45° with
re~pect to
the ground towar d the net. What is the height of the basketball net
from the
ground?
(a)2m (b)2.5 m (c)3m (d)3.5 m
 ~ o n observes tha~ a ~ird I! sitting on a tree toward his east. The angle of the
elevation of the b1rd Is 45 . He then moves 10m towards south and finds that
/ the angle of elevation of the bird is 30•. The height of the bird is
~,, (a)lO "2 m (b)l<N3 m (c)S "2 m (d)10/v2 m
17.The horizontal distance between two pillars of different heights is 40m. It was
observed that the angular elevation from the top of the smaller pillar to the
top of the taller pillar is 45•_ If the height of the taller pillar is 100m, then what
is the height of the shorter pillar?
(a) 60m (b) 40m (c) 50 m (d) 30 m
18.A tourist stands on the top of a hill. He observes·the angles of depression of
two consecutive kilometers stones on plane, to be 30° and 45°. The height of
the hill is
( ) 2 (b) 2 • ( ) ./3-1 (dJ ../a+l
a ./3-1 -/3+1 C -2- 2

19.A lamp post S'\/3 m high casts a shadow Sm long on the ground. The sun's
elevation at this point is:
(a)30° (b} 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
20. If the angle of elevation of a tower form 100 meters from its foot is 60°, then
the height of the tower in meters is:
(a)l00'\/3 (b) 100 / '\/3 (c) 50'\/3 (d) 200 /
v3
21.Af the angles of elevation of a tower from two points distant·a and b (a>b) from
- \ / its foot an~ in the same straight line form it are 30° and 60°, then the ~eight of
the tower ,s • : . . .
..... .
' / (a) v(a+b} (b) v(ab) (c) v(a-b) (d) v(a / b)
22.The angle of de~ression of a car parked on the road from the top.of a 150m
high tower is 30° .The distance of the car from the tower in metres is
(a)SCN3 (b) 15<N3 (c) 150'\/2 (d) 75
23.A wire connects the top of two poles of height 20m and 14m. If the wire makes
an angle of 30°with horizontal, th~n the length of the wire is
(a)l2m (b) 10m (c) 8m (d) Gm
/4.From the top of a cliff 25m hjgh the angle of elevation of a tower is fo'und to be
equal to the angle of depression of the foot of the tower. The height of the
tower is
(a)25m (b) Som (c) 75m (d) 100m
 25. The angle of depression of a truc k
parked on the road from the top of a 75
m
tow er is 30·. The distance of the truc k from
the tow er is
(a)25\/3 m (b) SCN3 m (c) 75v 3 m (d) 150m

CASE STUDY
1. Santosh is standing on the roo f of a 20
met er high building and flyin g a kite as
sho wn belo w. Moh an, his friend~ who is
standing on the grou nd on the othe r
side of the stre et is wat chin g him at an ang
le of elevation of 30°.

\ Based on the above informatio_n answer

the fo~lowing questions.
a. Wh at is the distance betw een Santosh
and Mohan?
b. How far is Moh an from the-building?
c. Wh at ls the leng th of strin g of kite?.
. .
d. Wh at is the heig ht of th~ kite from the
ground?
e. Wh at will be the angle of depression at
which Santosh will look at Moh an to
talk to him ?
2. A Sate llite flyin g at heig ht h is watching
the .......__~
top of the two talle st mou ntai ns in ..:. .
q> ... --~~--
Utta rakh and and Karnataka, them being
Nanda Devi(height 7,81 6m) and
Mul laya nag iri (hei ght 1,93 0 m). T_he ang
les
of depression from the satellite, to the top
-~ -- ~
of Nanda Devi and Mul laya nag iri are 30°
and 60° respectively. If the distance
betw een the peaks of the two mountains
is 1937 km, and the satellite is
vert ical ly above the· mid poin t of the dista
nce between the two mountains.
 Na nd a Devi.
th e sa te lli te fro m th e to p of
a. Find th e di st an ce of
M ul la ya na gi ri.
di st an ce of th e sa te lli te fro m th e to p of
b. Find th e
m th e gr ou nd ?
m uc h is th e di st an ce of th e sa te llit e fro
c. How 78 16 m fro m
io n if a m an Is st an di ng at a di st an ce of
et ev at
d. W ha t is th e angle of

Nanda Devi?
M ul la ny an gi ri
fa r aw ay fro m , m ak es 45 ° to th e to p of
e. If a m ile st on e ve ry
m th e m ou nt ai n.
, fin d th e di st an ce of th is m ile st on e fro
M ou nt ai n. So
50 m hi gh . A
on ea ch ba nk of a river. On e te m pl e is •
3. There are tw o te m pl es hig h te m pl e, ob se rv ~d fro m th e to p
on th e to p of 50 m
man wh o is standing e 30 • an d 60 .
n of th e to p an d fo ot of ot he r te m pl e ar
th at angle of depressio
= 1. 73)
respectively. (Take v3

ns :
fo rm at io n, an sw er th e fo llo wi ng qu es tio
Based Qn th ~ in
gle ADF.
a. Find Measure of an
gle ACB
•b. fin d Measure of an
dt h of th e riv er ?
c. Ho w m uc h is th e wi
th e ot he r te m pl e.
d. Find th e He ig ht of :
s of
i. In th e ga rd en , th er e ar e di ffe re nt ty pe
ne ar De lh
4. Ravi is having a garden av y ra in an d st or m on
e of th e tre es
s. On e da y du e to he
trees and flo we r plant
ow n in th e fig ur e.
go t br ok en as sh
,
a) Wha t is the length of the brok en part ?

b) Wha t was the heig ht of the full tree?

c) In the formed right-angle triangle wha t is

tbe length of the hypotenuse?
d) Wha t is the area of the form ed righ t angle
triangle?
e) Wha t is the perimeter of the form ed trian
gle?

5. Radio towers are used for tran smit ting a

range of com munication services
including radio and television. The towe r will
either act as an antenna itsel f or
supp ort one or more antennas on its structure,
including microwave dishes. They
are among the tallest human-made structures
. There are 2 main types: guyed and
self-supporting structures. On a similar conc
ept, a radio station towe r was built in
two sections A and B. Tower is supported by
wires from a poin t 0. Distance
between the base of the towe r and poin t O is
36 m. From poin t 0, the angle of
elevation of the top of section B is 30° and the
angle of elevation ·of the top of
section A is 45°.

a) Wha t is the height of the section B7

b) Wha t is the height of the section A?

c) Wha t is the length of the wire struc ture from

the point Oto the top of sect ion A?
d) Wha t is the length of the wire struc ture from
the point Oto the top of sect ion B?
e) Wha t is the angle of depression from top
of towe r to poin t O?

ASSERTION - REASONING
In the following questions, a state men t of asse
rtion (A) is followed by a state men t of
reason(R). Mark the corr ect choice as:
A - Both A and R are true and R is the corr ect
explanation of A.
B - Both A and R are true but R is NOT the corre
ct explanation of A.
 c - A is true but R is false.
D - A is false but R is true.

1 • ~sertion (A): If a pole 6 m high casts a shadow 2

v3 m long on the ground, then the sun's efevation
is Go·
Reason(R): value of tan 60. is v3 and that of
~-----z ::=:::~ D
6/2v3 is v3. ~ : : I f = :s: =~-=-=ca:
::t:::==Y""'S~ =*- -== ------
=t:STW ::::11=:s:~- ~
2. Assertion(A): The angle of elevation of a cloud ----=-==---== - ..:... -:-- - - -
~-----
=::r:=r=== ~:::== -~~:i - - i
from· a point 60 m above a lake is 30°clnd the :i;i::i:s:ii=;
==-=-=-~ ~ ~
.;:i:~~ -
--....r-=r-:r-

angle of depressio n of the reflection of ctoud in

the lake is 60°. The height of the cloud from the ground is 120m.
Reason(R): The value of tan 300 x Cot 30° x Sin 30° = 1/2
..

3. Assertion(A): If two to~ers of height h1 and_ h2 subtend angles of 60° and 30°
respectively at the midpoint of the line joining their feet,
then h1 : h2 = 3:1.
Reason(R): In the given figure, we have:
h1 /x = tan 6Q and hi /x = tan 30°
0

5. Assertion(A): In the figure,

-
if BC= 20 m, then' height AB is 11.56 m.
Reason(R): tan 8 =AB/BC= perpendicular/base, where 8 is the ,.
angle ACB.

6. Assertion(A): If the length of shadow of a vertical pole is equal

to its height, then the angle of elevation of the s4n is 45°.
2
Reason(R): According to Pythagoras theorem, h = 12 + b , where h =
2

hypotenuse, I= length, b = base.

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ANSWERS:
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:
1. (c ) SO (v3 +1) m
2. (d) 400 m
3. 30·
4. (c) 100 (v3 - 1) m
5. (c) h/3
6. ( C) 2.5 m
7. (b) 80v3/3
8. (b) 20m
9. (c) 6 m
10. (b) Angle of depression ,.
.11. (a) Angle of elevation,
12. (c) Line of Sight
13. (d )30v3
14. (b) 50 ( v3 -1) m 3.
15. (c) 3m a. lv)l«r
b. 11) 60•
I
16. (c)5v2 m
17. (a) 60 m c. D2s.9om
../3+1 d. lv)33.33m
18. (d)--
2 e. Iv) an acute angle
19. (c)600 4.
20. (a)100v3 a. ill) 2S m
21. b) vab U40m
22. (b) 150v3 c. HI) 25 m
23. (a)12m d. JV)~m2
24. (b)SOm ·s,. U60m
2~. 75'\/3 m 5.
CASE STUDY a.(!)1Mm
1. b. (!x) 12(3-"3) m
a. (iii) 40 m c.(hd36~m
b. (iv) 20v3 m d. (0)24~ m
C. (iii) 40v3 m e~Pt) 45°
d. (iv) 80 m
e. 30• REASON AND ASSERTION QUESTIONS
2. a~ (i) 1139.4 km· l. A
b. (iii) 1937 km 2. C
c. (ii) 577. 52 km 3. A
d. (ii) 45° 4. A
e. (iii) 1930 Km 5. B