Amrit Indo Canadian Academy

Assignment
Applications of Trigonometry
1. A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the ground which is 25 m away from the
foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is found to be 45". Then the height (in
meters) of the tower is [2011]...[1M]
(a) 25√2 (b) 25√3 (c) 25 (d) 12.5
2.The length of shadow of a tower on the plane ground is √3 times the height of the tower. The angle
of elevation of Sun is [2012]...[1M]
(a) 45° (b) 30° (c) 60° (d) 90°
3. The angle of depression of a car, standing on the ground, from the top of a 75 m high tower, is 30°.
The distance of the car from the base of the tower (in metre) is [2013]..[1M]
(a) 25√3 (b) 50√3 (c) 75√3 (d) 150
4. A ladder makes an angle of 60° with the ground when placed against a wall. If the foot of the ladder
is 2 m away from the wall, then the length (in meters) is [2014]..[1M]
(a) 4√3 (b) 4√3 (c) 2√2 (d) 4
5. The angle of elevation of the top of a 15 m high tower at a point away from the base of the tower is:
[2023] ...[1M]
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
6. If a pole 6 m high casts a shadow 2√3m long on the ground, then sun's elevation is [2023] ...[1M]
(a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 30° (d) 90°
7. In the following figure, a tower AB is 20 m high and BC, its shadow on the ground is 20√3 m long.
Find the Sun's altitude. [2015] ...[1M]

8. A ladder leaning against a wall makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal. If the foot of the ladder is
2.5 m away from the wall, find the length of the ladder. [2016]...[1M]
9. If a tower 30 m high, casts a shadow 10√3 m long on the ground, then what is the angle of elevation
of the sun? [2017] ...[1M]
10. The ratio of the length of a vertical rod and the length of its shadow is 1: √3. Find the angle of
elevation of the sun at that moment. [2020] ...[1M]
11. From the top of a vertical tower, the angles of depression of two cars, in the same straight line with
the base of the tower, at an instant are found to be 45° and 60°. If the cars are 100 m in apart and are
on the same side of the tower, find the height of the tower. (√3 = 1.73) [2011]...[3M]
12. A kite is flying at a height of 45 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. [2012] ...[3M]
13. The horizontal distance between two poles is 15 m. The angle of depression of the top of first pole
as seen from the top of second pole is 30°. If the height of the second pole is 24 m, find the height of
the first pole. [Use √3 = 1.732] [2013] ...[3M]
14. Two ships are there in the sea on either side of a light house in such a way that the ships and the
light house are in the same straight line. The angles of depression of two ships as observed from the
top of the light house are 60° and 45°. If the height of the light house is 200 m, find the distance
between the two ships. [Use √3 = 1.73] [2014]...[3M]
15. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from point A on the ground is 60°. After flight of 15 seconds,
the angle of elevation changes to 30°. If the aeroplane is flying at a constant height of 1500√3 m, find
the speed of the plane in km/hr. [2015] ...[3M]
16. A man standing on the deck of a ship, which is 10 m above water level, observes the angle of
elevation of the top of a hill as 60° and the angle of depression of the base of the hill as 30°. Find the
distance of the hill from the ship and the height of the hill. [2016]...[3M]
17. On a straight line passing through the foot of a tower, two points C and D are at distances of 4 m
and 16 m from the foot respectively. If the angles of elevation from C and D of the top of the tower are
complementary, then find the height of the tower. [2017] ...[3M]
18. (a) As observed from the top of a light house 100 m above sea level, the angle of depression of a
ship, sailing directly towards it, changes from 30° to 45°. Determine the distance travelled by the ship
during this time. (Use √3 = 1.73) [2022] ...[3M]

(b) At a point on level ground, the angle of elevation of a vertical tower is, found to be α such that tanα
1 3
= After walking 100 m towards the tower, the angle of elevation β becomes such that tanβ= Find
3 4
the height of the tower. [2022] ...[3M]
19. In Fig. 3, AB is tower of height 50 m. A man standing on its top, observes two cars on the opposite
sides of the tower with angles of depression 30 and 45° respectively. Find the distance between the
two cars. [2022]..[3M]

20. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of the roads, 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.
[2013] ...[4M]
21. The angles of elevation and depression of the top and the bottom of a tower from the top of a
building, 60 m high, are 30° and 60° respectively. Find the difference between the heights of the
building and the tower and the distance between them. [2014]...[4M]
22. At a point A, 20 metres above the level of water in a lake, the angle of elevation of a cloud is 30°
The angle of depression of the reflection of the cloud in the lake, at A is 60°. Find the distance of the
cloud from A. [2015] ...[4M]
23. The angle of elevation of the top Q of a vertical tower PQ from a point X on the ground is 60°. From
a point Y, 40 m vertically above X, the angle of elevation of the top Q of tower is 45°. Find the height of
the tower PQ and the distance PX. (Use √3 = 1.73) [2016]...[4M]
24. An aeroplane is flying at a height of 300 m above the ground. Flying at this height, the angles of
depression from the aeroplane of two points on both banks of a river in opposite directions are 45°
and 30° respectively. Find the width of the river. [Use √3 = 1.732] [2017] ...[4M]
25. As observed from the top of a 100 m high light house from the sea-level, the angles of depression
of two ships are 30° and 45°. If one ship is exactly being the other on the same side of the light house,
find the distance between the two ships. [Use √3= 1.732] [2018] ...[4M]
26. A man in a boat rowing away from a light house 100 m high takes 2 minutes to change the angle of
elevation of the top of the light house from 60° to 30°. Find the speed of the boat in metres per
minute. [Use √3=1.732] [2019]...[4M]
27. The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of a tower is 30°. The angle of
elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60°. If the tower is 60 m high, find the
height of the building. [2020] ...[4M]
28. A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag-staff of height 6
m. At a point on the plane, the angle of elevation of the bottom and top of the flag-staff are 30° and
45° respectively. Find the height of the tower. (Take √3 = 1.73) [2020] ...[4M]
29. Case Study Based Question: Qutub Minar, located in South Delhi, India, was built in the year 1193.
It is 72 m high tower. Working on a school project, Charu and Daljeet visited the monument. They used
trigonometry to find their distance from the tower. Observe the picture given below. Points C and D
represent their positions on the ground in line with the base of tower, the angles of elevation of top of
the tower (Point A) are 60° and 45° from points C and D respectively. [2022]

(i) Based on above information, draw a well- labelled diagram, [1]

(ii) Find the distances CD, BC and BD. (use √3 = 1.73) [3]
30. Case Study Based Question:
Kite Festival
Kite festival is celebrated in many countries at different times of the year. In India, every year 14th
January is celebrated as International Kite Day. On this day many people visit India and participate in
the festival by flying various kinds of kites.
The picture given below, shows three kites flying together.
In Fig. 5, the angles of elevation of two kites (Points A and B) from the hands of a man (Point C) are
found to be 30° and 60° respectively. Taking AD = 50 m and BE = 60 m, find [2022]
(1) the lengths of strings used (take them straight) for kites A and B as shown in the figure. [2]
(2) the distance 'd between these two kites [2]