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A man standing on the deck of a ship, which is 10 m above water

level, observe the angle of elevation of the top of aa hell as 60


degree and the angle of depression of the base of the hill as 30
degree. Find the distance of the hill from the ship and the height of
the hill.

The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from two points P and Q at
distance a and b respectively form the base and in the same straight line with it are
complementary. the height of the tower is 

A vertical tower stands on horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical


flagstaff of height h metre.  At a point on the plane, The angle of elevation of the
bottom of the flagstaff is α  and that of the top o flagstaff is β .  Prove that the
height of the tower is tanβ−tanαhtanα

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