NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 9
Important NCERT Questions
SOME APPLICAT IONS OF TRIGONOMETRY
(Height and Distance)
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EXERCISE 9.1
Page No:203
Questions No:1
A circus artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a vertical pole to the ground. Find the height of the pole, if the angle made by the rope with the ground level is 30°.
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In the given figure, AB is pole and AC is rope.
In ΔABC,
AB/AC = sin30⁰ ⇒ AB/20 = 1/2 ⇒ AB = 20/2 = 10
Hence, the height of the pole is 10 m.