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Assuming that a person of normal sight can red print to such distance that the letters subtend and angle of 5 at his eye, find is the height of the letters that he can read at a distance of 12 metres.

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`(pi/180) ` metres `~~1.7` cm
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  14. If a Delta PQR " if" 3 sin P + 4 cos Q = 6 and 4 sin Q + 3 cos P =1 , ...

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  15. If A = sin^2x + cos^4 x, then for all real x :

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  16. Let cos(alpha+beta)""=4/5 and let sin (alpha+beta)""=5/(13) where 0lt=...

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