Engineering
Mathematics
problems on height and distance
Question

A man is walking towards a vertical pillar in a straight path, at a uniform speed. At a certain point A on the path, he observes that the angle of elevation of the top of the pillar is 30°. After walking for 10 minutes from A in the same direction, at a point B, he observes that the angle of elevation of the top of the pillar is 60°. Then the time taken (in minutes) by him, from B to reach the pillar, is

20

10

5

6

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Solution

h = xtan 30° = y tan 60°

⇒ x = 3y

speed is constant                                                                             

xy10=yt

⇒ t = 5.