0 0 votes The angle of elevation of the sun, when the length of the shadow of a tree is $3$ times the height of the tree, is $30^\circ{}$ $45^\circ{}$ $60^\circ{}$ $90^\circ{}$ Quantitative Aptitude nielit2017july-scientistb height-distance + – Lakshman Bhaiya 12.2k points 3.8k views answer comment Share Follow Print See all 2 Comments 2 2 Comments reply Madhav 3.6k points commented Oct 2, 2020 reply Follow flag In question, instead of 3 it shold be $\sqrt{3}$ . then only we can get the answer as $30^{\circ}$ 1 1 replyShare Lakshman Bhaiya 12.2k points commented Oct 2, 2020 reply Follow flag Yes you are right. 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 0 votes Let $AB$ be the tree and $AC$ be its shadow. Let $\angle ACB = \theta$ Then, $\dfrac{AC}{AB} = 3$ $\implies \cot\theta = 3$ Lakshman Bhaiya answered Aug 8, 2020 Lakshman Bhaiya 12.2k points comment Share Follow 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.