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A straight highway leads to foot of the tower. A man standing at the top of the tower observes a car at an angle of depression of `theta`, which is approaching the foot of the tower with a uniform speed. Six seconds later the angle of depression is `phi`. Draw a diagram for this data and analyze.

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