+302 From a point P on the ground the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30°and tht of the top of a flagstaff fixed on top of the tower is 60°. If the length of the flagstaff is 5m, find the height of tower.
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The angle between the tower and the hypotenuse is 180 - 90 - 30 = 60º
The angle between the hypotenuse of the right triangle and the flagpole is 180 - 60 = 120º.
The angle between the flagpole and the top line is 30º.
Use Law of Sines to find the hypotenuse of the right triangle.
\(\frac{5}{\sin30}=\frac{x}{\sin30} \\~\\ x = 5\)
Then you can find the height of the tower.
sin30 = tower/5
tower = 5sin30
tower = 2.5 m
I did this but I thought it was wrong because the tower was so short, but I'll go ahead and post it now because I drew a picture :)
+128631 Call the tower height, P *tan(30)
And the tower ht + the height of the flagstaff = P*tan(60)
And the difference between these two = the height of the flagstaff.....so
Ptan(60) - Ptan(30) = 5
P [tan(60) - tan(30) ] = 5
P = 5 / [ tan (60) - tan(30) ] = (5/2)sqrt(3) m
So....the tower ht = (5/2)sqrt(3)* tan(30) = 2.5 m.....
Mmmmmm...not much of a tower !!!!
But....it's correct because the height of the tower and the flagstaff = (5/2)sqrt(3)* tan(60) =
7.5 m !!!
+9468
The angle between the tower and the hypotenuse is 180 - 90 - 30 = 60º
The angle between the hypotenuse of the right triangle and the flagpole is 180 - 60 = 120º.
The angle between the flagpole and the top line is 30º.
Use Law of Sines to find the hypotenuse of the right triangle.
\(\frac{5}{\sin30}=\frac{x}{\sin30} \\~\\ x = 5\)
Then you can find the height of the tower.
sin30 = tower/5
tower = 5sin30
tower = 2.5 m
I did this but I thought it was wrong because the tower was so short, but I'll go ahead and post it now because I drew a picture :)
