From a light house the angles of depress...

From a light house the angles of depression of two ships on opposite sides of the light house are observed to be `30^@` and `45^@`. If the height of the light house is h metres, the distance between the ships is____

`(sqrt3 + 1)h`

`(sqrt3 - 1)h`

`sqrt3h`

`1 + (1 + (1)/(sqrt3))h`

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