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A toy leaves the earth at a point A and rises vertically at uniform speed. After two minutes of vertical rise boy finds the angular elevation of the balloon as 60°.
If the point at which boy is standing is 150 m away from point A, what is the speed of the toy ?
- .98 meter/second
- 1.08 meter/second
- 1.16 meter/second
- 2.08 meter/second
- 2.16 meter/second
Answer: Option E
Explanation:
Let boy is standing at C position and A is that position from where toy left eartg and B is the position of the toy after 2 minutes.
\begin{aligned}
\text{ Given that CA = 150 m } \\
\text{Angle is }\angle{ 60 ^{\circ} } \\
tan 60 ^{\circ} = \frac{BA}{CA} \\
BA = 150 \sqrt{3}
\end{aligned}
So distance travelled by toy is,
\begin{aligned}
150 \sqrt{3} \\
\text { Total time taken is = 2 min} \\
= \text {2 * 60 = 120 seconds } \\
Speed = \frac{Distance}{Time} \\
= \frac{150\sqrt{3}}{120} = 1.25\sqrt{3}\\
= \text {1.25 * 1.73 = 2.16 mtr/sec}
\end{aligned}