Trigonometryeasy · Past Paper
Find the height of a tower if its shadow is 20√3 m long when the sun's elevation is 30°.
A20 m
B10 m
C30 m
D20√3 m
✓ Correct Answer: A — 20 m
Using tan 30° = Height / Shadow: 1/√3 = h / 20√3. Solving for h gives h = 20 m.
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