Mathematics
In the adjoining figure, a man stands on the ground at a point A, which is on the same horizontal plane as B, the foot of the vertical pole BC. The height of the pole is 10 m. The man’s eye is 2 m above the ground. He observes the angle of elevation of C, the top of the pole, as x°, where tan x° = . Calculate the distance AB in metres.
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