From a light house the angles of depression of two ships on opposite sides of the light house are observed to be 30° and 45°. If the height of the light house is h metres, the distance between the ships is
(a) $(\sqrt{3}+1)$ h metres
(b) $(\sqrt{3}-1)$ hetres
(c) $\sqrt{3} h$ metres
(d) $1+\left(1+\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$ h metres
Let the height of the light house AB be meters
Given that: angle of depression of ship are and.
Distance of the ship C = and distance of the ship D =
Here, we have to find distance between the ships.
So we use trigonometric ratios.
In a triangle,
$\Rightarrow \tan C=\frac{A B}{B C}$
$\Rightarrow \tan 30^{\circ}=\frac{h}{x}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{h}{x}$
$\Rightarrow x=\sqrt{3} h$
Again in a triangle ABD,
$\tan D=\frac{A B}{B D}$
$\Rightarrow \tan 45^{\circ}=\frac{h}{y}$
$\Rightarrow \mathrm{I}=\frac{h}{y}$
$\Rightarrow y=h$
Now, distance between the ships $=x+y=\sqrt{3} h+h=(\sqrt{3}+1) h$
Hence the correct option is $a$.