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Grade 12th passTrigonometry

if the angles of elevation of a tower from two points distance a and b (a>b) from its foot on the same side of the tower have measure 30 and 60 , then the height of the tower is what ?ANY SHORT TRICK TO SOLVE SUCH QUESTIONS. IF YES PLEASE TELL..

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Vishwas
8 Years ago
It`s very easy First we need to draw a neat labelled diagram TRICK:we need to put the angle with less value far from the tower/building..Then by the trigonometric ratios we can say that tan@=height of the tower/distance of the point from the towerBy this we can find the height of tower