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if the angle of elevation of a cloud from a point h meters above a lake is alpha and the angle of depression of its reflection in the lake is beta, prove that the height of the cloud is  h(tan beta + tan alpha)/(tan beta - tan alpha)
Asked by deepakkumar12870 | 22 Feb, 2019, 08:11: PM
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Figure shows the angle of elevation of cloud and angle of depression of its image in the Lake as observed from a height h.
 
Let H be the height of cloud from the observation level.
 
from figure we have,  tanα = H/L     and  tanβ = (2h+H)/L
 
By eliminating L from the above relations, we have H×cotα = (2h+H)cotβ  or  H×(cotα - cotβ) = 2h×cotβ
 
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