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A man observes the elevation of a balloon to be `30^@`. He then walks 1 km towards the balloon and finds that the elevation is `60^@`. What is the height of the balloon ?

A

`1/2` km

B

`sqrt3/2` km

C

`1/3` km

D

1 km .

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