If the height of a tower and the distance of the point of observation from its foot, both.are increased by 10%, then the angle of elevation of its top
remains unchanged.
True
Case I Let the height of a tower be $h$ and the distance of the point of observation from its foot is $x$.
In $\triangle A B C$,
$\tan \theta_{1}=\frac{A C}{B C}=\frac{h}{x}$
$\Rightarrow \quad \theta_{1}=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{h}{x}\right)$ $\ldots$ (i)
Case II Now, the height of a tower increased by $10 \%=h+10 \%$ of $h=h+h \times \frac{10}{100}=\frac{11 h}{10}$ and the distance of the point of observation from its foot $=x+10 \%$ of $x$
$=x+x \times \frac{10}{100}=\frac{11 x}{10}$
$\ln \triangle P Q R$, $\tan \theta_{2}=\frac{P R}{Q R}=\frac{\left(\frac{11 h}{10}\right)}{\left(\frac{11 x}{10}\right)}$
$\Rightarrow \quad \tan \theta_{2}=\frac{h}{x}$
$\because \quad \theta_{2}=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{h}{x}\right)$ .....(ii)
From Eqs. (i) and (ii),
$\theta_{1}=\theta_{2}$
Hence,the required angle of elevation of its top remains unchanged