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CBSE 2022 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q9
An aeroplane when flying at a height of 3125 m from the ground passes vertically below another plane at an instant when the angles of elevation of…
An aeroplane when flying at a height of $\displaystyle 3125$ m from the ground passes vertically below another plane at an instant when the angles of elevation of the two planes from the same point on the ground are $\displaystyle 30$° and $\displaystyle 60$° respectively. Find the distance between the two planes at that instant.
Marking-scheme solution
\[\text { Let } \quad \begin{aligned}
& C D=x \\
& A B=y
\end{aligned}
\]
\[\angle B A C=30^{\circ}, \angle B A C=60^{\circ}
\] In right angled \(\displaystyle \triangle A B C, \tan 30^{\circ}=\frac{3125}{y}\)
\[\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{3125}{y} \Rightarrow y=3125 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~m}
\] In right angled \(\displaystyle \triangle A B D, \tan 60^{\circ}=\frac{x+3125}{y}\)
\[\sqrt{3} y=x+3125
\]
\[\sqrt{3}(3125 \sqrt{3})=(x+3125) \Rightarrow x=2(3125)
\]
\[x=6250 \mathrm{~m}
\] ∴ Distance between two planes \(\displaystyle =6250 \mathrm{~m}\)
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