Mathematics
From the foot of a tower, the angle of elevation of the top of a column is 60° and from the top of the tower, which is 25 m high, the angle of elevation is 30°. The height of the column is:
14.4 m
37.5 m
42.5 m
43.3 m
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Answer

Let AB be the tower and CD be the column.
Let distance between tower (AB) and column (BD) = x
In triangle CBD,
In triangle CAE,
From (1) and (2), we get :
CD = (CD - 25)3
CD = 3CD - 75
2CD = 75
CD =
CD = 37.5 m
Hence, option 2 is the correct option.
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