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# A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches the ground making an angle 30° with it. The distance between the foot of the tree to the point where the top touches the ground is 8 m. Find the height of the tree.

2. A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches the ground making an angle 30° with it. The distance between the foot of the tree to the point where the top touches the ground is 8 m. Find the height of the tree.

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Suppose DB is a tree and the AD is the broken height of the tree which touches the ground at C.
GIven that,
$\angle ACB = 30^o$, BC = 8 m
let AB = $x$ m and AD =  $y$
So, AD+AB = DB = $x+y$

In right angle triangle $\Delta ABC$,
$\tan \theta = \frac{P}{B}=\frac{x}{8}$
$\tan 30^o =\frac{x}{8}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
So,  the value of $x$ = $8/\sqrt{3}$

Similarily,
$\cos 30^o = \frac{BC}{AC} = \frac{8}{y}$
the value of $y$ is $16/\sqrt{3}$

So, the total height of the tree is-

$x+y=\frac{24}{\sqrt{3}}=8\sqrt{3}$

= 8 (1.732) = 13.856 m (approx)

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