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If a wooden block is placed against a 15 meter tree such that it just reaches the top of the tree, with the angle of elevation of the tree is 30°, then find the length of the wooden block?

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

The block is the hypotenuse, the tree the vertical side. sin⁡30∘=15L\sin 30^\circ = \frac{15}{L}, so 12=15L\frac{1}{2} = \frac{15}{L} and L=30L = 30 m.

Note: The phrase 'angle of elevation of the tree' is taken as the angle the block makes with the ground.

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