11. A TV tower stands vertically on a bank of a canal. From a point on the other bank directly opposite the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 60°. From another point 20 m away from this point on the line joing this point to the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 30° (see Fig. 9.12). Find the height of the tower and the width of the canal.
Suppose the is the height of the tower AB and BC = m
It is given that, width of CD is 20 m,
According to question,
In triangle ,
............(i)
In triangle ACB,
.............(ii)
On equating eq (i) and (ii) we get:
from here we can calculate the value of and the width of the canal is 10 m.