The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning against a house is $60^{\circ}$ and the foot of the ladder is $6.5 \ m$ from the house. Find the length of the ladder in metres.

An observer on the top of a cliff,$200 \, m$ above the sea level,observes the angle of depression of two ships at anchor to be $45^{\circ}$ and $30^{\circ}$ respectively. Find the distance (in $m$) between the ships if the line joining them stretches to the base of the cliff.

Two poles of height $7 \ m$ and $12 \ m$ stand on a plane ground. If the distance between their feet is $12 \ m$,the distance between their tops will be (in $m$):

$A$ man having height $169 \; cm$ is standing near a pole. He casts a shadow $130 \; cm$ long. What is the length (in $cm$) of the pole if it casts a shadow $420 \; cm$ long?

If a person travels from a point $L$,towards east for $12 \ km$ and then travels $5 \ km$ towards north and reaches a point $M$,then the shortest distance from $L$ to $M$ is: (in $km$)

Two posts are $x \text{ m}$ apart and the height of one is double that of the other. If from the midpoint of the line joining their feet,an observer finds the angular elevations of their tops to be complementary,then the height (in $\text{m}$) of the shorter post is