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From the top of a tower, the angles of depression of two objects on the same side of the tower are found to be `alpha` and `beta(alpha gt beta)`.If the distance between the objects is p metres, show that the height h of the tower is given by `h=(p tan alpha tan beta)/(tan alpha - tan beta)` metres.

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