34. How to uderstand the statement and make proper figure from given detail like in A verticle tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flagstaff of height h. At a point on the plane , the angle of elevation of the bottom and the top of the flagstaff are alpha and beta respectively. Prove that the height of tower is {h tan alpha/tan beta-tan alpha}.

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Q. A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flagstaff of height h. At a point on the plane, the angle of elevation of the bottom and the top of the flagstaff are α and β respectively. Prove that the height of the tower is

\frac{h \tan α}{(\tan β - \tan α)} .

Q. A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and surmounted by a flagstaff of height 'h'. At a point on the plane, the angle of elevation of bottom of the flagstaff is

α

and that of the top of the flagstaff is

β

. find the height of the tower:

A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag-staff of height h. At a point on the plane, the angles of elevation of the bottom and the top of the flag-staff are $α$ and $β$ respectively. Find the height of the tower.

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