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A vertical tower stands On a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flagstaff of height h at a point on the plane, the angles of elevation of the bottom and the top of the flagstaff are alpha and beta respectively. Prove that the height of the tower is ( h tan alpha/ tan beta - tan alpha)
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Gopika Satheesh 4 years, 5 months ago

Thank you

Gaurav Seth 4 years, 5 months ago

Proof:

The diagram for this sum is attached below

Let AB be the tower and BC be the flagstaff. Let OA = x metre, AB = ‘y’ metre and  BC = ‘h’ metre.

In right ∆OAB,

On cross-multiplication we get,

   → (1)

In right ∆OAC

  

  → (2)

Equating equation 1 and 2 we get,

Thus the height of the tower is h tan alpha/tan beta - tan alpha is proved

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