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Two towers A and B have lengths 45m and 15m respectively. The angle of elevation from the bottom of the tower B to the top of the tower A is 60°. If the angle of elevation from the bottom of tower A to the top of the tower B is θ the value of sinθ is:

a

12\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}

b

12\frac{1}{2}

c

32\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}

d

23\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}

Answer : Option B
Explanation :

PQ=\mathrm{PQ}= Tower A=45\mathrm{A}=45 metre

RS=\mathrm{RS}= Tower B=15\mathrm{B}=15 metre

QS=x\mathrm{QS}=x metre (( let ))

PSQ=60;RQS=θ\angle \mathrm{PSQ}=60^{\circ} ; \angle \mathrm{RQS}=\theta

From ΔPQS,tanθ60=PQQS\Delta \mathrm{PQS}, \tan \theta 60^{\circ}=\frac{\mathrm{PQ}}{\mathrm{QS}}

3=45x3x=45\Rightarrow \sqrt{3}=\frac{45}{x} \Rightarrow \sqrt{3} x=45

x=453=153\Rightarrow x=\frac{45}{\sqrt{3}}=15 \sqrt{3} metre

From ΔRSQ,tanθ=RSQS=15153\Delta \mathrm{RSQ}, \tan \theta=\frac{\mathrm{RS}}{\mathrm{QS}}=\frac{15}{15 \sqrt{3}}

tanθ=13\Rightarrow \tan \theta=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}

tanθ=tan30\Rightarrow \tan \theta=\tan 30^{\circ}

θ=30\Rightarrow \theta=30^{\circ}

sinθ=sin30=12\therefore \quad \sin \theta=\sin 30^{\circ}=\frac{1}{2}

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