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A tower stands at the centre of a circular park. AA and BB are two points on the boundary of the park such that AB(=a)AB(=a) subtends an angle of 60{60^ \circ } at the foot of the tower, and the angle of elevation of the top of the tower from AA or BB is 30{30^ \circ }. The height of the tower is :

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In the ΔAOB,AOB=60,\Delta AOB,\,\,\angle AOB = {60^ \circ }, and OBA=OAB\angle OBA = \angle OAB (since OA=OB=ABOA=OB=AB radius of same circle). \therefore ΔAOB\Delta AOB is a equilateral triangle. Let the height of tower is hh Given distance between two points AA & BB lie on boundary of circular park, subtends an angle of 60{60^ \circ } at the foot of the tower is ABAB i.e. AB$$$$=a. A tower OCOC stands at the center of a circular park. Angle of elevation of the top of the tower from AA and BB is 30{30^ \circ } . In ΔOACtan30=ha\Delta OAC\,\,\tan {30^ \circ } = {h \over a} 13=hah=a3 \Rightarrow {1 \over {\sqrt 3 }} = {h \over a} \Rightarrow h = {a \over {\sqrt 3 }}

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