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the angle of depression from the top of a lighthouse of height h on either sides of sea on boats is 30° & 60° then find distance between boats.
Asked by praveengandhi837 | 23 Jan, 2019, 05:54: PM
Expert Answer
Let AB be the lighthouse of height h metres.
Let AC = x and AD = y.
In triangle CAB,
AB/AC = tan 30
tan 30 = h / x
x = h / tan 30 (i)
In triangle DAB,
h / y = tan 60
y = h/ tan 60 (ii)
Distance between the ships
= x + y
= (h/ tan 30) + (h/ tan 60)
Answered by Science Mate | 23 Jan, 2019, 08:35: PM
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