From the top of a $7\ m$ high building, the angle of elevation of the top of a cable tower is $60^o$ and the angle of depression of its foot is $45^o$. Determine the height of the tower.
Given:
From the top of a \( 7 \mathrm{~m} \) high building, the angle of elevation of the top of a cable tower is \( 60^{\circ} \) and the angle of depression of its foot is \( 45^{\circ} . \)
To do:
We have to determine the height of the tower.
Solution:
Let $AB$ be the height of the building and $CD$ be the height of the cable tower.
Let point $A$ be the point of observation.
From the figure,
$\mathrm{AB}=\mathrm{DE}=7 \mathrm{~m}, \angle \mathrm{ADB}=\angle \mathrm{EAD}=45^{\circ}, \angle \mathrm{CAE}=60^{\circ}$
Let the height of the cable tower be $\mathrm{CD}=h \mathrm{~m}$ and the distance between the building and the tower be $\mathrm{BD}=\mathrm{AE}=x \mathrm{~m}$.
This implies,
$\mathrm{CE}=h-7 \mathrm{~m}$
We know that,
$\tan \theta=\frac{\text { Opposite }}{\text { Adjacent }}$
$=\frac{\text { AB }}{BD}$
$\Rightarrow \tan 45^{\circ}=\frac{7}{x}$
$\Rightarrow 1=\frac{7}{x}$
$\Rightarrow x=7 \mathrm{~m}$.........(i)
Similarly,
$\tan \theta=\frac{\text { Opposite }}{\text { Adjacent }}$
$=\frac{\text { CE }}{AE}$
$\Rightarrow \tan 60^{\circ}=\frac{h-7}{x}$
$\Rightarrow \sqrt3=\frac{h-7}{7}$ [From (i)]
$\Rightarrow 7\sqrt3=h-7 \mathrm{~m}$
$\Rightarrow h=7\sqrt3+7 \mathrm{~m}$
$\Rightarrow h=7(\sqrt3+1) \mathrm{~m}$
Therefore, the height of the tower is $7(\sqrt3+1) \mathrm{~m}$.
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