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Eocample 2.2 A man wishes to estimatethe distance of a nearby tower from himHe stands at a point A in front of the towerC and spots a very distant objeet O in linewith AC. He then walks perpendicular toAC up to B, a distance of 100 m, andlooksat O and C again. Since O is very distant.the direction BO is practically the same asAO: but he finds the line of sight of Cshiftedfrom the original line of sight by an angle-40 (0 iS known as 'parallax) estimatethe distance of the tower C from hisoriginalposition A. |
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