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The angle of elevation of the top of a tower as observed from a point on the ground is 'a' and on moving 'a' metre towards the tower, the angle of elevation is `'beta'` Prove that the height of the tower is : `(a tan alphatanbeta)/(tanbeta-tanalpha)`

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