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# From the top of a 7 m high building, the angle of elevation of the top of a cable tower is 60º and the angle of depression of its foot is 45º. Determine the height of the tower.

Answer :

Let AB be the building of height 7 metres and let CD be the cable tower. It is given that the angle of elevation of the top D of the tower observed from A is 60º and the angle of depression of the base C of the tower observed from A is 45º. Then $$∠ \ EAD \ = \ 60º$$ and $$∠ \ BCA \ = \ 45º$$ . Also AB = 7 m

In $$∆ \ EAD$$, we have

$$\frac{DE}{EA} \ = \ tan60º \$$
$$=> \ \frac{h}{x} \ = \ \sqrt{3}$$
$$=> \ h \ = \ \sqrt{3} x$$ (1)

In $$∆ \ ABC$$, we have

$$\frac{AB}{BC} \ = \ tan45º \$$
$$=> \ \frac{7}{x} \ = \ 1$$
$$=> \ x \ = \ 7$$
(2)

Putting x = 7 in (1), we get

$$h \ = \ 7 \sqrt{3} \$$
$$=> \ DE \ = \ 7 \sqrt{3}$$m

∴ $$CD \ = \ CE \ + \ ED \$$
$$= \ 7 \ + \ 7\sqrt{3} \$$
$$= \ 19.124$$m

$$\therefore$$ The height of the cable tower is 19.124 m.