Application of Trigonometry PYQs

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Application of Trigonometry PYQs

1. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of a building 50 meters high as
observed from the top of a tower are 30° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the
tower, and also the horizontal distance between the building and the tower.
[CBSE SQP 2020-21]
2. The ratio of the length of a vertical rod and the length of its shadow is 1: √3. Find the
angle ofelevation of the sun at that moment?
[CBSE Board 2020]
3. In the given figure, find the angles of depress- ions from the observing positions
𝑂1 , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂₂respectively of the object A.
[CBSE Board 2020]

4. A vertical tower stands on horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag-staff

of height 6 m. The angles at a point on the bottom and top of the flag-staff with the
ground are 30° and 45° respectively. Find the height of the tower. (𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 √3 = 1.73)
[CBSE Board, 2020]
5. Amit, standing on a horizontal plane, and a bird flying at a distance of 200 m from
him at an elevation of 30°. Deepak standing on the roof of a 50 m high building, and
the angle of elevation of the same bird to be 45°. Amit and Deepak are on opposite
sides of the bird. Find the distance of the bird from Deepak.
[CBSE Board 2019]
6. The angle of elevation of the top of a hill from the foot of a tower is 60° and the angle
of depression from the top of the tower of the foot of the hill is 30°. If tower is 50-
meter-high, find the height of the hill. [CBSE Board 2018]
7. If figure, AB is a 6 m high pole and CD is a ladder inclined at an angle
of 600 to the horizontal and reaches up to a point D of pole. If AD =
2.54 m, find the length of the ladder. (𝑢𝑠𝑒 √3 = 1.73) [CBSE 2016]
8. An observer, 1.7 m tall, is 20√3 m away from a tower. The angle of
elevation from the eye of observer to the top of tower is 300. Find the
height of tower. [CBSE 2016]
9. The tops of two towers of height x and y, standing on level ground,
subtend angles of 300 and 600 respectively at the centre of the line
joining their feet, then find x : y. [CBSE 2015]
10. A moving boat is observed from the top of a 150 m high cliff
moving away from the cliff. The angle of depression of the boat
changes from 600 to 450 in 2 minutes. Find the speed of the boat in
m/h. [CBSE 2017]
11. From the top of a 7 m high building, the angle of elevation of the
top of a tower is 600 and the angle of depression of its foot is 450. Find
the height of the tower. [CBSE 2017]
12. The shadow of a tower at a time is three times as long as its
shadow when the angle of elevation of the sun is 600. Find the angle of
elevation of the sun at the time of the longer shadow. [CBSE 2017]
13. An aeroplane, when flying at a height of 4000m from the ground
passes vertically above another aeroplane at an instant when the
angle of elevation of the two planes from the same point on the ground
are 600 and 450 respectively. Find the vertical distance between the
aeroplanes at that instant. [CBSE 2016]
14. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point A on the
ground is 600. After a flight of 15 seconds, the angle of elevation
changes to 300. If the aeroplane is flying at a constant height of
1500√3m, find the speed of the plane in km/hr. [CBSE 2015]
15. Two ships are approaching a lighthouse from opposite
directions. The angles of depression of the ships from the top of the
lighthouse are 300 and 450. If the distance between the two ships is
100 m, find the height of the lighthouse. [CBSE 2014]
16. As observed from the top of a 60m high lighthouse from the sea-
level, the angle of depression of two ships are 300 and 450. If one ship
is exactly behind the other on the same side of the lighthouse, find the
distance between the two ships. [CBSE 2013]
17. The angle of depression from the top of a tower of a point A on
the ground is 300. On moving a distance of 20m from the point A
towards the foot of the tower to a point B, the angle of elevation of the
top of the tower from the point B is 600. Find the height of the tower
and its distance from the point A. [CBSE 2012]
18. A ladder of length 6m makes an angle of 450 with the floor while
leaning against one wall of a room. If the foot of the ladder is kept
fixed on the floor and it is made to lean against the opposite wall of
the room, it makes an angle of 600 with the floor. Find the distance
between these two walls of the room. [CBSE 2011]
19. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 60 m above the
surface of the water of a lake is 300 and the angle of depression of its
shadow in water of lake is 600. Find the height of the cloud from the
surface of water. [CBSE 2017]
20. A man observes a car from the top of a tower, which is moving
towards the tower with a uniform speed. If the angle of depression of
the car changes from 300 to 450 in 12 minutes, find the time taken by
the car now to reach the tower. [CBSE 2017]
21. From the top of a hill, the angles of depression of two
consecutive kilometer stones due east are found to be 450 and 300
respectively. Find the height of the hill. [CBSE 2017]
22. The angle of elevation of the top Q of a vertical tower PQ from a
point X on the ground is 600. From a point Y, 40 m vertically above X,
the angle of elevation of the top Q of tower is 450. Find the height of
the tower PQ and the distance PX. [CBSE 2016]
23. At a point A, 20 metres above the level of water in a lake, the
angle of elevation of a cloud is 300. The angle of depression of the
reflection of the cloud in the lake, at A is 600. Find the distance of the
cloud from A. [CBSE 2015]
24. From a window (9m above the ground) of a house in a street,
the angles of elevation and depression of the top and foot of another
house on the opposite side of the street are 300 and 600 respectively.
Find the height of the opposite house and the width of the street.
[CBSE 2010]
 Answers
1. 75 m ,25√𝟑m
2. 300
3. 300 ,450
4. 8.19 m
5. 70.7 m
6. 150 m
7. 4 m
8. 21.7 m
9. 1/3
10. 1902 m/h
11. 7(√3 + 1)m
12. 300
13. 1690.53 m
14. 1720 km/h
15. 36.6 m
16. 43.92 m
17. 17.30 m , 30 m
18. 7.23 m
19. 120 m
20. 16 minutes 23 seconds
21. 500(√3 + 1)m
22. 94.6 m ,546 m
23. 40 m
24. 12 m ,5.196 m