# Class 10 Maths Important Questions for Application of Trigonometry

1. A person, standing on the bank of a river, observes that the angle subtended by a tree on the opposite bank is 60o. When he retreated 20m from the bank, he finds the angle to be 30o. Find the height of the tree and the breadth of the river.
2. A tree is broken by the wind. The top struck the ground at an angle of 30o and at a distance of 30 meters from the roots. Find the whole height of the tree.
3. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at distances p and q meters from the base and in the same straight line with it are complementary. Prove that the height of the tower is √pq
4. At a point on level ground, the angle of elevation of a vertical tower is found to be such that its tangent is  5/12  . On walking 192 meters towards the tower, the tangent of the angle of elevation is  3/4. Find the height of the tower.
5. A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a tree standing on the opposite bank is 60o. When he moves 40 meters away from the bank, he finds the angle of elevation to be 30o. Find the height of the tree and the width of the river.
6. A man on the top of a vertical tower observes a car moving at a uniform speed coming directly towards it. If it takes 12 minutes for the angle of depression to change from 30o to 45o, how soon after this, will the car reach the tower? Give your answer to the nearest second.
7. The shadow of a flag – staff is three times as long as the shadow of the flag – staff when the sun rays meet the ground at an angle of 60o. Find the angle between the sun rays and the ground at the time of longer shadow.
8. An aeroplane at an altitude of 200m observes the angles of depression of opposite points on the two banks of a river to be 45o and 60o. Find the width of the river.
9. Two pillars of equal height and on either side of a road, which is 100m wide. The angles of elevation of the top of the pillars are 60o and 30o at a point on the road between the pillars. Find the position of the point between the pillars and the height of each pillar.
10. The angle of elevation of a jet plane from a point A on the ground is 60o. After a flight of 30 seconds, the angle of elevation changes to 30o. If the jet plane is flying at a constant height of 3600 √3m, find the speed of the jet plane.
11. If the angle of elevation of a cloud from a point h meters above a lake is α and the angle of depression of its reflection in the lake is  β, prove that the height of the cloud is
12. A round balloon of radius r subtends an angle α  at the eye of the observer while the angle of elevation of its centre is  β. Prove that the height of the centre of the balloon is
13. The angle of elevation of a cliff from a fixed point is θ. After going up a distance of K meters towards the top of the cliff at an angle of φ, it is found that the angle of elevation is α . Show that the height of the cliff is meter

1. H = 10 3 = 17.32M
2. 51.96 m
3. √pq m
4. h=180m
5. h = 34. 64m, width = 20m
6. 16 minutes 23 seconds
7. 30o
8. 315.4 meters
9. Distance from 1st pillar = 25m, 2nd = 75m, Height = 43.3m
10. 864km/hr

Reference Books for class 10

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### Practice Question

Question 1 What is $1 - \sqrt {3}$ ?
A) Non terminating repeating
B) Non terminating non repeating
C) Terminating
D) None of the above
Question 2 The volume of the largest right circular cone that can be cut out from a cube of edge 4.2 cm is?
A) 19.4 cm3
B) 12 cm3
C) 78.6 cm3
D) 58.2 cm3
Question 3 The sum of the first three terms of an AP is 33. If the product of the first and the third term exceeds the second term by 29, the AP is ?
A) 2 ,21,11
B) 1,10,19
C) -1 ,8,17
D) 2 ,11,20