A straight road leads to the foot of a tower of height48 m. From the top of the tower , the angles of depression of two cars standing on the road 30° & 60° . Find the distance between the two cars.

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Let distance of car nearest to tower be y and distance between two cars be x Find value of tan(theta) in both triangles You will get y= 16√3 and x= 32√3 Therefore the distance between two cars is 32√3

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A straight road leads to the foot of a tower of height48 m. From the top of the tower , the angles of depression of two cars standing on the road 30° & 60° . Find the distance between the two cars.

A straight road leads to the foot of a tower of height48 m. From the top of the tower , the angles of depression of two cars standing on the road 30° & 60° . Find the distance between the two cars.

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