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The angle of elevation of a tower from a point on the same level as the foot of the tower is `30^0dot` On advancing 150 metres towards the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the tower becomes `60^0dot` Show that the height of the tower is 129.9 metres (Use `sqrt(3)=1. 732` ).

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