Shruti B.
asked • 03/12/17trigonometric identities
from the top of a hill the angle of depression of two consecutive 1 km stones due west are found to be 30 and 45 degrees . find the height of the hill
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Hi Shruti
tan 45 = H / X and tan30 = H / (X +1)
whete H = height of hill and X and X+1 km are distances of two points from the base point right under the tip of the hill
Use these two equations to solve for H
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