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As seen from the deck of a ship the angle of elevations of the top and bottom of light house situated on the seaside are `60^@` and `30^@`. If the lgiht house is located 8 metre above the sea level and the deck of the ship[ is at a height of 3 metre from sea level, then what is the height of the light house?

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