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Two persons are standing 'x' metres apart from each other and the height of the first person is double that of the other. If from the middle points of the linejoining their their feet an observe finds the angular elevations of their tops to be complementary, then the height of the shorter person (in metres) is

A

`sqrt2 x`

B

`(x)/(2 sqrt2)`

C

`(x)/(sqrt2)`

D

2x

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B
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