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A circus artist is climbing a 20m long rope, which is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a vertical pole to the ground. Find the height of the pole, if the angle made by the rope with the ground level is `30^@` (see fig.).

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MBD-Some Applications Of Trignometry-271
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