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If a flag-staff of 6 m height placed on the top of a tower throws a shadow of `2sqrt(3)` m along the ground, then what is the angle that the sun makes with the ground?

A

`60^(@)`

B

`30^(@)`

C

`45^(@)`

D

None of these

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