A hall has a square floor of dimension 10m×10m (see the figure) and vertical walls. If the angle GPH between diagonals AG and BH is cos−151, then the height of the hall (in meters) is:
(A)5
(B)210
(C)53
(D)52✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
Place A at the origin with the two floor edges AB and AD along the horizontal axes and the height h along the vertical, so that E,F,G,H stand directly above A,B,C,D respectively. With AB=AD=10,
AG=(10,h,10),BH=(−10,h,10)
and these two space diagonals cross at P, so the angle GPH is the angle between them: