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An airplane when flying at a height of 5000 m from the ground passes vertically above another airplane at an instant, when the angles of elevation of the two airplane from the same point on the ground are 60 and 45 respectively. The vertical distance between the airplane at that instant is:

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5000(31)m
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5000(33)m
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5000(113)m
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4500 m
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Solution

The correct option is C 5000(113)m
In BCD,tan45o=5000hCD

CD=5000h (i)

In ADC,

tan60o=5000CD

3=5000CD CD=50003 (ii)
comparong eq (i) and (ii)

5000h=50003

3(5000h)=5000

50003h3=5000

500035000=h3

h=5000(31)3m
h=5000(113)m

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