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At the foot of a mountain, the angle of its summit is `45^(@)`. After ascending 1000m towards the mountain up a slope of `30^(@)` inclination, the angle of elevation is found to be `60^(@)`. Find the height of the mountain `(sqrt3= 1.732)`

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