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Two pillars of equal height stand on either side of a roadway which is 120 m wide. At a point in the road between the pillars, the angles of elevation of the pillars are `60^@` and `30^@`. Find the height of each pillars to the nearest metre and position of the point from both the pillars.

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height = 64.95 m, distance (Position) = 112.5 m
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