Question

Two poles are 25 m and 15 m high, and the line joining their tops makes an angle of 45° with the horizontal. The distance between these poles is ______.

Options

• 5 m

• 8 m

• 9 m

• 10 m

Answer 1

Two poles are 25 m and 15 m high and the line joining their tops makes an angle of 45° with the horizontal. The distance between these poles is 10 m.

Explanation:

`"AE"/"EC" = "tan"  45^circ`

`=> 10/"EC" = 1`

`=> "EC" = 10  "m"`