EX-9.

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Q1) A circus artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which is tightly
stretched and tied from the top of a vertical pole to the ground. Find
the height of the pole, if the angle made by the rope with the ground
level is 30°
Q2) A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the
top of the tree touches the ground making an angle 30° with it. The
distance between the foot of the tree to the point where the top
touches the ground is 8 m. Find the height of the tree
Q3) A contractor plans to install two slides for the children to play in a
park. For the children below the age of 5 years, she prefers to have a
slide whose top is at a height of 1.5 m, and is inclined at an angle of 30°
to the ground, whereas for elder children, she wants to have a steep
slide at a height of 3m, and inclined at an angle of 60° to the ground.
What should be the length of the slide in each case?
Q4) The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the
ground, which is 30 m away from the foot of the tower, is 30°. Find the
height of the tower.
Q5) A kite is flying at a height of 60 m above the ground. The string
attached to the kite is temporarily tied to a point on the ground. The
inclination of the string with the ground is 60°. Find the length of the
string, assuming that there is no slack in the string.
Q6) A 1.5 m tall boy is standing at some distance from a 30 m
tall building. The angle of elevation from his eyes to the top of
the building increases from 30° to 60° as he walks towards the
building. Find the distance he walked towards the building.
Q7) From a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the bottom
and the top of a transmission tower fixed at the top of a 20 m high
building are 45° and 60° respectively .Find the height of the tower.
Q8)A statue, 1.6 m tall, stands on the top of a pedestal. From a point
on the ground, the angle of elevation of the top of the statue is 60°
and from the same point the angle of elevation of the top of the
pedestal is 45°. Find the height of the pedestal
Q9) The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the
tower is 30° and the angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the
foot of the building is 60°. If the tower is 50 m high, find the height of
the building.
Q10)Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite each other on
either side of the road , which is 80 m wide. From a point between them
on the road, the angles of elevation of the top of the poles are 60° and
30°, respectively. Find the height of the poles and the distances of the
point from the poles.
Q11) A TV tower stands vertically on a bank of a canal. From a point on
the other bank directly opposite the tower, the angle of elevation of
the top of the tower is 60°. From another point 20 m away from this
point on the line joing this point to the foot of the tower, the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower is 30°. Find the height of the tower
and the width of the canal.
Q12)From the top of a 7 m high building, the angle of elevation of the
top of a cable tower is 60° and the angle of depression of its foot is 45°.
Determine the height of the tower.
Q13) As observed from the top of a 75 m high lighthouse from the sea-
level, the angles of depression of two ships are 30° and 45°. If one ship is
exactly behind the other on the same side of the lighthouse, find the
distance between the two ships.
Q14) A 1.2 m tall girl spots a balloon moving with the wind in a
horizontal line at a height of 88.2 m from the ground. The angle of
elevation of the balloon from the eyes of the girl at any instant is 60°.
After some time, the angle of elevation reduces to 30°.Find the
distance travelled by the balloon during the interval.
Q15) A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing
at the top of the tower observes a car at an angle of depression of
30°, which is approaching the foot of the tower with a uniform speed.
Six seconds later, the angle of depression of the car is found to be
60°. Find the time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower from
this point.
 Examples
Ex-1) A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the
ground , which is 15 m away from the foot of the tower, the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower is found to be 60°. Find the height of
the tower.
Ex-2) An electrician has to repair an electric fault on a pole of height 5
m. She needs to reach a point 1.3m below the top of the pole to
undertake the repair work. What should be the length of the ladder that
she should use which, when inclined at an angle of 60° to the
horizontal, would enable her to reach the required position? Also, how
far from the foot of the pole should she place the foot of the ladder?
(You may take √3 = 1.73)
Ex-3)An observer of 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?
Ex-4) From a point P on the ground the angle of elevation of the top of
a 10m tall building is 30°. A flag is hoisted at the top of the building
and the angle of elevation of the top of the flagstaff from P is 45°. Find
the length of the flagstaff and the distance of the building from the
point P. (You may take √3 = 1.732)
Ex-5) The shadow of a tower standing on a level ground is found to
be 40 m longer when the Sun’s altitude is 30° than when it is 60°.
Find the height of the tower.
Ex-6) The angles of depression of the top and the bottom of an
8 m tall building from the top of a multi-storeyed building are
30°and 45°, respectively. Find the height of the multi-storeyed
building and the distance between the two buildings.
Ex-7) From a point on a bridge across a river, the angles of depression
of the banks on opposite sides of the river are 30° and 45°,respectively.
If the bridge is at a height of 3 m from the banks, find the width of the
river.