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A jet plane is at a vertical height of h. The angles of depression of two tanks on the ground in the same line with the plane are `alpha and beta (alpha gt beta)`. Prove that the distance between the tanks is `( h (tan alpha - tan beta))/(tan alpha tan beta)`

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