From a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the bottom and the top of a transmission tower fixed at the top of a $20\ m$ high building are $45^o$ and $60^o$ respectively. Find the height of the tower.
Given:
From a point on the ground the angles of elevation of the bottom and top of a transmission tower fixed at the top of \( 20 \mathrm{~m} \) high building are \( 45^{\circ} \) and \( 60^{\circ} \) respectively.
To do:
We have to find the height of the transmission tower.
Solution:
Let $AB$ be the high building and $BC$ be the length of the transmission tower.
Let point $D$ be the point of observation.
From the figure,
$\mathrm{AB}=20 \mathrm{~m}, \angle \mathrm{BDA}=45^{\circ}, \angle \mathrm{CDA}=60^{\circ}$
Let the height of the transmission tower be $\mathrm{BC}=h \mathrm{~m}$ and the distance between the point of observation and the foot of the building be $\mathrm{AD}=x \mathrm{~m}$.
This implies,
$\mathrm{AC}=20+h \mathrm{~m}$
We know that,
$\tan \theta=\frac{\text { Opposite }}{\text { Adjacent }}$
$=\frac{\text { AB }}{DA}$
$\Rightarrow \tan 45^{\circ}=\frac{20}{x}$
$\Rightarrow 1(x)=20$
$\Rightarrow x=20 \mathrm{~m}$
Similarly,
$\tan \theta=\frac{\text { Opposite }}{\text { Adjacent }}$
$=\frac{\text { CA }}{DA}$
$\Rightarrow \tan 60^{\circ}=\frac{20+h}{x}$
$\Rightarrow \sqrt3=\frac{20+h}{20}$
$\Rightarrow 20+h=20\sqrt3 \mathrm{~m}$
$\Rightarrow h=20(\sqrt3-1) \mathrm{~m}$
Therefore, the height of the transmission tower is $20(\sqrt3-1) \mathrm{~m}$.
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