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प्रश्न
Two persons are standing ‘x’ metres apart from each other and the height of the first person is double that of the other. If from the middle point of the line joining their feet an observer finds the angular elevations of their tops to be complementary, then the height of the shorter person (in metres) is
विकल्प
`sqrt(2)x`
`x/(2sqrt(2))`
`x/sqrt(2)`
2x
उत्तर
`x/(2sqrt(2))`
Explanation;
Hint:
Consider the height of the 2nd person ED be h
Height of the second person is 2h
C is the midpoint of BD
In the right ∆ABC, tan θ = `"AB"/"BC"`
tan θ = `(2"h")/(x/2) = (4"h")/x` ...(1)
In the right ΔDCE,
tan (90 − θ) = `"ED"/"CD" = "h"/(x/2)`
cot θ = `(2"h")/x`
⇒ `1/tan theta = (2"h")/x`
tan θ = `x/(2"h")` ...(2)
From (1) and (2) we get,
`(4"h")/x = x/(2"h")`
x2 = 8h2
⇒ h2 = `x^2/8`
h = `sqrt(x^2/8)`
= `x 1/sqrt(4 xx 2)`
= `x/(2sqrt(2))`
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