NCERT Exemplar Solutions
Class 10 - Mathematics - CHAPTER 8: Introduction to Trignometry and Its Applications

Exercise 8.4

If \(\csc\theta + \cot\theta = p\), prove that \(\cos\theta = \dfrac{p^2-1}{p^2+1}\).

Prove that \(\sqrt{\sec^2\theta+\csc^2\theta}=\tan\theta+\cot\theta\) for acute \(\theta\).

The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point is \(30^\circ\). If the observer moves \(20\,\text{m}\) towards the tower, the angle becomes \(45^\circ\). Find the height.

If \(1+\sin^2\theta=3\sin\theta\cos\theta\), prove that \(\tan\theta=1\) or \(\dfrac12\).

Given \(\sin\theta+2\cos\theta=1\), show that \(|2\sin\theta-\cos\theta|=2\).

The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points \(s\) and \(t\) metres from its foot are complementary. Prove that the height is \(\sqrt{st}\).

The shadow of a tower is \(50\,\text{m}\) longer when the Sun’s elevation is \(30^\circ\) than when it is \(60^\circ\). Find the height.

A tower of unknown height is surmounted by a vertical flag staff of height \(h\). At a point, the angles of elevation of the bottom and the top of the flag staff are \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\). Prove that the height of the tower is \(\dfrac{h\tan\alpha}{\tan\beta-\tan\alpha}\).

If \(\tan\theta+\sec\theta=\ell\), prove that \(\sec\theta=\dfrac{\ell^2+1}{2\ell}\).

If \(\sin\theta+\cos\theta=p\) and \(\sec\theta+\csc\theta=q\), prove that \(q(p^2-1)=2p\).

If \(a\sin\theta+b\cos\theta=c\), prove that \(a\cos\theta-b\sin\theta=\pm\sqrt{a^2+b^2-c^2}\).

Prove that \(\dfrac{1+\sec\theta-\tan\theta}{1+\sec\theta+\tan\theta}=\dfrac{1-\sin\theta}{\cos\theta}\).

Two towers stand on the same plane. From the foot of the second, the angle of elevation of the top of the first (height \(30\,\text{m}\)) is \(60^\circ\). From the foot of the first, the angle of elevation of the top of the second is \(30^\circ\). Find the distance between the towers and the height of the second.

From the top of a tower of height \(h\), the angles of depression of two objects in line with the foot are \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) (with \(\beta>\alpha\)). Find the distance between the objects.

A ladder rests against a wall at angle \(\alpha\). Its foot is pulled away by \(p\) metres so that its top slides down \(q\) metres and now makes angle \(\beta\) with the ground. Prove that

\[\dfrac{p}{q}=\dfrac{\cos\beta-\cos\alpha}{\sin\alpha-\sin\beta}.\]

From a point on the ground the elevation of a tower is \(60^\circ\). From another point \(10\,\text{m}\) vertically above the first, the elevation is \(45^\circ\). Find the height of the tower.

From a window at height \(h\) the angles of elevation and depression of the top and the bottom of another house are \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\), respectively. Prove that the height of the other house is \(h\big(1+\tan\alpha\,\cot\beta\big)\).

The lower window of a house is at \(2\,\text{m}\) above the ground and the upper window is \(4\,\text{m}\) vertically above it. The angles of elevation of a balloon from these windows are \(60^\circ\) and \(30^\circ\), respectively. Find the height of the balloon above the ground.