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A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a tree on the opposite bank is `60^(@)`. When he retreates 20m from the bank, he observes the angle of elevation of the top of the same tree to be `30^(@)`. Find the height of the tree and the breadth of the river.

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`10 sqrt3m`, 10m`
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