Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Solutions to Right Triangles · easy
From a point 50 m from the foot of a tower on level ground, the angle of elevation of the top is 35°. Find the height of the tower in meters.
- 28.68
- 71.41
- 35.01
- 40.96
Answer
C. 35.01
Solution
h=50 35°=35.01 m.
More Solutions to Right Triangles questions
- A 10-m ladder leans against a wall and makes an angle of 60° with the ground. How high up the wall does it reach, in meters?
- The legs of a right triangle are 9 cm and 12 cm. Find the hypotenuse in cm.
- ECE Board April 1994: Solve for the value of A when A = 3.5x and A = 5.5x.
- ME Board April 1991: A man standing on a 48.5 meter building high, has an eyesight height of 1.5 m from the top of the building, took a…
- ECE Board April 1998: A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30°. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds its…
- ECE Board April 1994: A pole cast a shadow 15 m long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61°. If the pole is leaned 15° from the…
- ME Board November 1994: A wire supporting a pole is fastened to it 20 feet from the ground and to the ground 15 feet from the pole…
- CE Board November 1997: The angle of elevation of the top of tower B from the top of tower A is 28° and the angle of elevation of the top…
- ECE Board November 1991: The captain of a ship views the top of a lighthouse at an angle of 60° with the horizontal at an elevation of 6…
- ME Board April 1993: A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of the monument…