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Statement 1: At a particular time, the length of the shadow of a 50 m tower is 50350\sqrt{3} m.

Statement 2: The sun's altitude is 30°.

  1. Both the statements are true.

  2. Both the statements are false.

  3. Statement 1 is true, and statement 2 is false.

  4. Statement 1 is false, and statement 2 is true.

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Answer

In figure,

Let AB be the tower and BC be the shadow.

Join AC.

At a particular time, the length of the shadow of a 50 m tower is: Solution of Right Triangles, Concise Mathematics Solutions ICSE Class 9.

Given, AB = 50 m and BC = 50 3\sqrt{3} m.

As tower is perpendicular to its shadow, thus ΔABC is a right angled triangle,

By formula,

tan θ=PerpendicularBasetan θ=50503tan θ=13tan θ=tan 30°θ=30°.\Rightarrow \text{tan θ} = \dfrac{\text{Perpendicular}}{\text{Base}} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{tan θ} = \dfrac{50}{50\sqrt{3}} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{tan θ} = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{tan θ} = \text{tan 30°} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{θ} = 30°.

∴ Both the statements are true.

Hence, option 1 is the correct option.

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