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From the top of a building 15m high the angle of elevation of the top of tower is found to be `30^@`. From the bottom of same building ; the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is found to be `60^@`. Find the height of the tower and the distance between tower and building .

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Let the Height of the Tower be AD=h
and let the height of Building be CE=15
In `DeltaADE tan60=(AD)/(DE)​=h/(DE)​`
`=>DE=h/sqrt(3)`
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