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A flag staff stands vertically on a pillar. The height of the flag staff being double the height of the pillar. A man on the ground at a distance finds both pillar and the flag staff subtends equal angle '`theta`' at his eye then `theta` =

A

`pi/12`

B

`pi/8`

C

`pi/10`

D

`pi/6`

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D
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