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A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower of height 50 m. From the top of tower, the angles of depression of two cars standing on the highway are `30^@` and `60^@` respectively. What is the distance between the two cars and how far is each car from the tower?

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`(100)/(sqrt(3))m`

B

`100sqrt(3)m`

C

`86.50 m`

D

None of these

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