A cliff on the bank of a river is 300 meter high. if the angle of depression of a point on the opposite side of the river is 60º, find the width of the river?
A ladder 5cm long long rest against a wall such that its foot makes an angle 30o with the horizontal. How far is the foot of the ladder from the wall?
The angle of elevation of the top of a cliff 15 meters high from a landmark is 60º. How far is the landmark from the foot of the cliff? Leave your answer in surd form
A student sitting on a tower 68 metres high observes his principal's car at the angle of depression of 20o. How far is the car from the bottom of the tower to the nearest metre?
(a) The angle of depression of a boat from the mid-point of a vertical cliff is 35°. If the boat is 120m from the foot of the cliff, calculate the height of the cliff.
(b) Towns P and Q are x km apart. Two motorists set out at the same time from P to Q at steady speeds of 60 km/h and 80 km/h. The faster motorist got to Q 30 minutes earlier than the other. Find the value of x.