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From a window (h metres high above the ground) of a house in a street, the angle of elevation and depression of the top and the foot of another house on the opposite side of the street are `theta` and `phi` respectively. Show that the height of the opposite house is` h(1+tan theta cot phi)` metres.

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`h(1+ tan theta cot phi)`
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