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A man, standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a tree just on the opposite bank is` 60^@`But the angle off elevations is `30^@` from a point at a distance y metres from the bank. Show that the height of tree `h= sqrt(3y)/2.`

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