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A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point which is 15 meter away from the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is `45^(@)`. What is the height of the tower?

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Let `h` is the height of the tower.
Then,
`AP = BP = CP = hcot theta`
Please refer to video to see the diagram.
Here, `P` is the circumcenter of `Delta APC`.
`:. AP = BP = CP = R = (abc)/(4Delta)`
`=>(abc)/(4Delta) = hcottheta`
`=>h = 1/cottheta(abc)/(4Delta)`
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