Question

An observer, 1.5 m tall, is 28.5 m away from a a tower 30 m high. Determine the angle elevation of the top of the tower from his eye.

Answer 1

Let be the observer of m tall. And be the tower of height. Here we have to find angle of elevation of the top of tower.

Let

The corresponding figure is as follows

In,

Hence the required angle is .