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If from the top of a tower of 60 metre heigh, the angles of depression of the top and floor of a house are `alpha` and `beta` respectively and if the height of the house is `(60sin(beta-alpha))/(x)`, then `x=`

A

`sinalphasinbeta`

B

`cosalphacosbeta`

C

`sinalphacosbeta`

D

`cosalphasinbeta`

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