A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a tree on the opposite bank of the river is 60° and when he retires 40 meters away from the tree the angle of elevation becomes 30°. The breadth of the river is
AB is a vertical pole and C is its middle point. The end A is on the level ground and P is any point on the level ground other than A. the portion CB subtends and angleβat P. If AP : AB = 2 : 1 thenβ=
A tower subtends an angleαat a point on the same level as the root of the tower and at a second point, b meters above the first, the angle of depression of the foot of the tower isβ. The height of the tower is
The upper 3/4 the portion of a vertical pole subtends an angle tan-13/5 at a point in the horizontal plane through its foot and at a distance 40 m from the foot. A possible height of the vertical pole is
PQ is a post of given height a, and AB is a tower at some distance;αandβare the angles of elevation of B, the top of the tower, at P and Q respectively. The height of the tower and its distance from the post are
