From the top of a tower high, the angle of depression of two objects, which are in line to the foot of the tower is and . Find the distance between the two objects.
Answer:
- Let be the tower of height and be the distance between the two objects and .
As , will be the angle of depression of the point and will be the angle of depression of the point
The situation given in the question is represented by the image given below.
- In the right-angled triangle , we have
- In right-angled triangle , we have
- Now, let us subtract from .
- Therefore, the distance between two objects is .