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A fighter jet has to hit a small target by flying a horizontal distance. When the target is sighted, the pilot measures the angle of depression to be `30^(@)`. If after 100 km, the target has an angle of depression of `45^(@)`, how far is the target from the fighter jet at that instant?

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