Aptitude - Height and Distance - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Height and Distance - General Questions (Q.No. 2)
2.
A man standing at a point P is watching the top of a tower, which makes an angle of elevation of 30° with the man's eye. The man walks some distance towards the tower to watch its top and the angle of the elevation becomes 60°. What is the distance between the base of the tower and the point P?
43 units
8 units
12 units
Data inadequate
None of these
Answer: Option
Explanation:

One of AB, AD and CD must have given.

So, the data is inadequate.

Discussion:
43 comments Page 2 of 5.

Jignesh Mori said:   9 years ago
Height of the tower or distance between tower and man should be given to solve it.

Sange maney said:   2 years ago
According to me, the Data is inadequate. We need a height to calculate the base.
(4)

Lokesh said:   7 years ago
Inadequate data. Some distance or meter should be there to predict the answer.

Janak said:   9 years ago
The height of the tower is 8 m which is actually missing in this question.

Mayank said:   5 years ago
Tan 60 = qr/zr
Tan 30 = qr/pz+zr
After solving this we get;
2zr = pz.
(3)

Surah Nayak said:   9 years ago
I am not getting this, can anyone explain which is actually missing?

Vasundhra said:   1 decade ago
If it is given distance between A and C how we will solve the prob?

Diva said:   8 years ago
Elevation from man's eye so height of the man should also be given.

Roshan Gaykar said:   8 years ago
As per the Pythagoras.

Sin(60)::::root(3)
So, option D is right.

Ally said:   10 years ago
This question was asked in elitmus where height was given as 8 m.


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