The angle of elevation of the top of the building from the foot of the tower is 30° and the angle of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60°. If the tower is 50 m high, find the height of the building.
Let AD be the building of height h m. and an angle of elevation of top of building from the foot of tower is 30° and an angle of the top of tower from the foot of building is 60°.
Let AD = h, AB = x and BC = 50 and ,
So we use trigonometric ratios.
In a triangle,
$\Rightarrow \quad \tan 60^{\circ}=\frac{50}{x}$
$\Rightarrow \quad \sqrt{3}=\frac{50}{x}$
$\Rightarrow \quad x=\frac{50}{\sqrt{3}}$
Again in a triangle,
$\Rightarrow \quad \tan 30^{\circ}=\frac{A D}{A B}$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{h}{x}$
$\Rightarrow \quad h=\frac{x}{\sqrt{3}}$
$\Rightarrow \quad h=\frac{50}{\sqrt{3} \times \sqrt{3}}$
$\Rightarrow \quad h=\frac{50}{3}$
Hence the height of building is $\frac{50}{3} \mathrm{~m}$.