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1. A balloon at a height of 31 meters from the ground level is attached to a string inclined at 57o to the horizontal.

Find the length of the string to the nearest meter. 2. A ladder with its foot on a horizontal flat surface rests against a wall. It makes an angle of 30 with the horizontal. The foot of the ladder is 41 ft from the base of the wall. Find the height of the point where the ladder touches the wall. 3. Simon stands at 170 m away from the base of a building of height 79.22 m. Find
the angle of depression of Simon from the top of the building.

4. The angle of elevation of the top of a dowel from a point on the ground
is 36. After walking 36 ft towards the dowel, the angle of elevation becomes 49. What is the height of the dowel rounded to the nearest foot?

5. A 37 ft high tree standing vertically upwards is broken by the wind in such a way that its top just touches the ground and makes an angle of 52 with the ground. At what height from the ground did the tree break? 6. A man on the deck of a ship is 15 ft above sea level. He observes that the angle
of elevation of the top of a cliff is 70 and the angle of depression of its base at sea level is 50. Find the height of the cliff and its distance from the ship.

7. A jet when 3400 m high passes vertically above another jet at an instant when the angles of elevation of the two jets from the same point on the ground are 35 and 20 respectively. Find the vertical distance between the two jets to the nearest meter. 8. Two trees of equal height stand on either side of a roadway, which is 50 ft wide. At a point on the roadway between the trees, the elevations of the tops of the trees are 40 and 25. Find the height of the trees. 9. The angle of elevation of the top of a tree is 30o from a point 28 ft away from the
foot of the tree. Find the height of the tree rounded to the nearest feet.

10. A flagstaff stands on the top of a building. At a distance of 48 ft away from the
foot of the building, the angle of elevation of the top of a flagstaff is 60 and the angle of elevation of the top of a building is 46. Find the height of the flagstaff to the nearest feet. 11. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from the top and bottom of a 60 m high building are 30oand 60o. What is the height of the tower?

12. The upper part of a pole broken over by wind makes an angle 30 o with the ground and touches the ground at a distance 26 feet. What is the height of the pole?

13. From the top of a house, 45 m high, the angle of elevation of a tower is found to be equal to the angle of depression of the foot of the tower. Find the height of the tower.

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