UPSC NDA I 2023 Mathematics Solved Paper

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Consider the following for the next two (02) items that follow :
A flagstaff 20m long standing on a pillar 10m high subtends an angle tan−1(0⋅5) at a point P on the ground. Let θ be the angle subtended by the pillar at this point P.

[NDA I 2023]

Question : 33 of 120

Marks: +1, -0

If x is the distance of P from bottom of the pillar, then consider the following statements :
1. x can take two values which are in the ratio 1:3
2. x can be equal to height of the flagstaff
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2

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