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The angle of elevation of the top of the tower observed from each of the three points A,B,C on the ground, forming a triangle is the same angle `prop`. If R is the circum-radius of the triangle ABC, then the height of the tower is

A

`Rtanprop`

B

`Rcotprop`

C

`Rsinprop`

D

`Rcosprop`

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