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The angle of elevation of the top of a cliff as seen from the top and bottom of a building are `45^(@)` and `60^(@)` respectively. If the neight of the buildings is 24 m, find the height of the cliff.

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`(24 sqrt(3))/([sqrt(3)-1])`
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