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❐ A man standing on the deck of a ship, which is 10m above water level. He 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°. Calculate the distance of the hill from the ship and the height of the hill.Answer with proper explanation.Kindly don't spam! ​

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Diagram

  • According to diagram the SHIP is at POINT A and the total height of the hill is (x+10)m

Given :-

  • Angle BAC = 60°
  • Angle ADE = 30°
  • CD = AE = 10 m

To Find :-

  • Distance of hill from Ship(AC or DE)

  • Height of the Hill ( BD )

Solution :-

  • For finding the distance of ship from the hill and height of hill we will use the trigonometric ratio,

Take Triangle AED to find distance of Ship from the hill

\sf\mapsto{\tan( \theta )=\dfrac{Perpendicular}{Base}}

\sf\mapsto{\tan(30)=\dfrac{AE}{DE}}

\sf\mapsto{\tan(30)=\dfrac{10}{DE}}

\sf\mapsto{\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\dfrac{10}{DE}}

\sf{\boxed{\boxed{\red{\dag{DE=AC=10\sqrt{3}m}}}}}

So , the distance of ship from heel hill is 103 m

  • Take Triangle ABC to find the value of x

\sf\mapsto{\tan(\theta)=\dfrac{Perpendicular}{Base}}

\sf\mapsto{\tan(60)=\dfrac{BC}{CA}}

\sf\mapsto{\tan(60)=\dfrac{x}{10\sqrt{3}}}

\sf\mapsto{\sqrt{3}=\dfrac{x}{10\sqrt{3}}}

\sf\mapsto{x= BC = 30m}

Total height of Hill

\implies\sf{BD = BC+CD}

\implies\sf{BD = 30+10}

\sf{\boxed{\boxed{\red{\dag{BD=40m}}}}}

So , height of the hill is 40m



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