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CBSE2026Class Class 10 · Mathematics5 Marks · Long✅ Verified
A boy standing on a horizontal plane is flying a kite with a string of length $60$ m, at an angle of elevation of $30^\circ$. Another boy standing on the roof of a $20$ m high building, finds the angle of elevation of the same kite to be $45^\circ$. If both the boys are on opposite sides of the kite, find the distance of the first boy from the base of the building. Also, find the height of the kite from the ground. (Use $\sqrt{3} = 1{\cdot}73$)
✅ Answer & Solution
Step 1: Let $K$ be the kite at height $h$ above the ground.
For the first boy, string $= 60$ m and angle of elevation $= 30^\circ$.
$$\sin 30^\circ = \frac{h}{60} \Rightarrow \frac{1}{2} = \frac{h}{60}$$
Step 2: $$h = 30\ \text{m}$$
Hence the height of the kite from the ground is $30$ m.
Step 3: Horizontal distance of the first boy from the point below the kite :
$$\cos 30^\circ = \frac{d_1}{60} \Rightarrow d_1 = 60 \times \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} = 30\sqrt{3}$$
$$d_1 = 30 \times 1{\cdot}73 = 51{\cdot}9\ \text{m}$$
Step 4: For the second boy on the $20$ m roof, the vertical rise up to the kite is
$$30 - 20 = 10\ \text{m}$$
Step 5: With angle of elevation $45^\circ$, the horizontal distance $d_2$ satisfies
$$\tan 45^\circ = \frac{10}{d_2} \Rightarrow 1 = \frac{10}{d_2} \Rightarrow d_2 = 10\ \text{m}$$
Step 6: Since the boys are on opposite sides of the kite, the distance of the first boy from the base of the building is
$$d_1 + d_2 = 51{\cdot}9 + 10 = 61{\cdot}9\ \text{m}$$
Hence the height of the kite $= 30$ m and the required distance $= 61{\cdot}9$ m.