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A person, standing exactly midway between two towers, observes the top of the two towers at angle of elevation of 22.5° and 67.5°. What is the ratio ? (Given that tan 22.5° = √ 2 − 1 )

Answer: D

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12.

Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two sides of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation of the top of the lighthouse is observed from the ships are 30° and 45° respectively. If the lighthouse is 100 m high, the distance between the two ships is:

Answer: C

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13.

An aeroplane when 900 m high passes vertically above another aeroplane at an instant when their angles of elevation at same observing point are 60° and 45° respectively. Approximately, how many meters higher is the one than the other?

Answer: A

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14.

The angle of elevation of the sun, when the length of the shadow of a tree is equal to the height of the tree, is:

Answer: D

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15.

A balloon leaves the earth at a point A and rises vertically at uniform speed. At the end of 2 minutes, John finds the angular elevation of the balloon as 60°. If the point at which John is standing is 150 m away from point A, what is the speed of the balloon?

Answer: A

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16.

Guddi was standing on a road near a mall. She was 1000m away from the mall and able to see the top of the mall from the road in such a way that top of the tree, which is in between her and the mall, was exactly in line of sight with the top of the mall. The tree height is 10m and it is 20m away from Guddi. How tall is the mall?

Answer: C

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17.

From a point P on a level ground, the angle of elevation of the top tower is 30º. If the tower is 200 m high, the distance of point P from the foot of the tower is:

Answer: C

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18.

From a tower of 80 m high, the angle of depression of a bus is 30°. How far is the bus from the tower?

Answer: C

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19.

Two houses are in front of each other. Both have chimneys on their top. The line joining the chimneys makes an angle of 45° with the ground. How far are the houses from each other if one house is 25m and other is 10m in height?

Answer: D

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20.

Due to sun, a 6ft man casts a shadow of 4ft, whereas a pole next to the man casts a shadow of 36ft. What is the height of the pole?

Answer: C

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