A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag staff of height $h$ . At a point $P$ on the plane, the angle of elevation of the bottom of the flag staff is $β$ and that of the top is $α$ , then the height of the tower is $\frac{h tan β}{tan α - tan β}$

True

False

Views: 661 students

Found 2 tutors discussing this question

Levi Discussed

A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag staff of height

h

. At a point

P

on the plane, the angle of elevation of the bottom of the flag staff is

β

and that of the top is

α

, then the height of the tower is

\frac{h tan β}{tan α - tan β}

14 mins ago

Discuss this question LIVE