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A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower of height 50 m . From the top of the tower, angles of depressions of two cars standing on the highway are `30^(@) and 60^(@)` , What is the distance between the cars ?

A

100 m

B

125 m

C

`50 sqrt(3) m `

D

150 m

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