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A flagstaff stands in the centre of a rectangular field whose diagonal is 120 m. It subtends angles of `15^@` and `45^@` at the midpoints of the sides of the field. The height of the flagstaff is

A

200 m

B

`300 sqrt(2 + sqrt(3))` m

C

`300 sqrt(2 - sqrt(3))` m

D

400 m

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