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The document is a mathematics worksheet from Braj Education Centre focusing on the application of trigonometry for Class X students. It includes multiple-choice questions and detailed problems related to angles of elevation and depression, requiring students to calculate heights, distances, and lengths based on given scenarios. The worksheet is structured into two sections: one for one-mark multiple-choice questions and another for four-mark descriptive questions.

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AOT CPS

The document is a mathematics worksheet from Braj Education Centre focusing on the application of trigonometry for Class X students. It includes multiple-choice questions and detailed problems related to angles of elevation and depression, requiring students to calculate heights, distances, and lengths based on given scenarios. The worksheet is structured into two sections: one for one-mark multiple-choice questions and another for four-mark descriptive questions.

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Class X Mathematics CPS
Application Of Trigonometry
For all Questions : 3 = 1.73, 2 = 1.41

SECTION A: ONE MARKS MCQ


1) To fly a kite at a vertical height of 12m, such that it makes an angle of
600 with the horizontal, the length of string needed is
24
a) m b) 24 3m c) 24 2m d) 12m
3

2) The distance from the top of a tower a person’s head is 32 2m . If the


person is standing at a distance of 32m from the base of the tower,
the angle of elevation of his eye is
a) 450 b) 300 c) 600 d) 750
3) A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top
of the tree touches the ground making an angle of A with the ground.
The distance from the foot of the tree to the point where the top
touches the ground is 8 m. If the height of the tree before it was

broken is 8 3m , A =
a) 450 b) 600 c) 300 d) NOT
4) To repair an electric fault on a pole of height 5 m an electrician needs
to reach a point 1.3m below the top of the pole The length of the
ladder that he should use which, when inclined at an angle of 60° to
the horizontal, would enable her to reach the required position and the
distance between the foot of the pole and the foot of the ladder should
be
a) 4.18m and 2.02m b) 4.28m and 2.14m
c) 4.28m and 2.02m b) 4.18m and 2.14m
5) An observer 1.5 m tall is 28.5 m away from a chimney. The angle of
elevation of the top of the chimney from her eyes is 45°. What is the
height of the chimney?

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a) 25m b) 28.5m c) 30m d) NOT
SECTION B: FOUR MARKS QUESTIONS
MAKE NEAT FIGURES WITH BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH FIGURE
6) A carpenter makes stools for electricians with a square top of side 0.5
m and at a height of 1.5 m above the ground. Also, each leg is inclined
at an angle of 600 to the ground. Find the length of each leg and also
the lengths of two steps to be put at equal distances.

Hint:
7) A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of
elevation of the top of a tree standing on the opposite bank is 60°.
When he moves 40 meters away from the bank, he finds the angle of
elevation to be 30°. Find the height of the tree and the width of the
river.
8) A boy standing on a horizontal plane finds a bird flying at a distance of
100 m from him at an elevation of 30°. A girl standing on the roof of
20 metre high building, finds the angle of elevation of the same bird
to be 45°. Both the boy and the girl are on opposite sides of the bird.
Find the distance of bird from the girl.
9) A radio station tower was built in two stations A and B (B vertically
below A). The tower is supported by wires AO and BO from a point O
on the ground. Distance between the base C of the tower and the point
O is 36 m. From O, the angles of elevation of the tops of station B and
station A are 30º and 45º respectively. Based on the above, answer
the following questions :
i) Find the height of station B.
ii) Find the height of station A.
iii) Find the length of the wire OA.
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iv) Find the length of the wire OB.
10) A pole 6m high is fixed on the top of a tower. The angle of elevation
of the top of the pole observed from a point P on the ground is 60°
and the angle of depression of the point P from the top of the tower is
45°. Find the height of the tower and the distance of point P from the
foot of the tower
11) The angles of depression of the top and the bottom of a building, 50
metres 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
12) A man standing on the deck of a ship, which is 10 m above the water
level, observes the angle of elevation of the top of a hill as 600 and the
angle of depression of the base of the hill as 300. Calculate the distance
of the hill from the ship and the height of the hill.

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