Question

If the length of the shadow of a tower is increasing, then the angle of elevation of the sun ____________.

Options

• is also increasing

• is decreasing

• remains unaffected

• Don’t have any relation with the length of the shadow

Answer 1

If the length of the shadow of a tower is increasing, then the angle of elevation of the sun is decreasing.

Explanation:

Consider the following diagram: If A represents the sun, the angle of elevation drops from 60° to 30° as the length of the shadow increases from DC to DB.