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The angles of depression of two ships from the top of a light house are `45^@` and `30^@` towards east. If the ships are 100 m apart, the height of the light house is
(a)`(50)/(sqrt(3)+1)m`
(b) `(50)/(sqrt(3)-1)m`
(c) `50(sqrt(3)-1)m`
(d) `50(sqrt(3)+1)m`

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