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A person stands at a point A due south of a tower and observes that its elevation is `60^(@)`. He then walks westwards towards B, where the elevation is `45^(@)`. At a point C on AB produced, he finds it to be `30^(@)`. Then AB/BC is equal to

A

`1//2`

B

1

C

2

D

`5//2`

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