50. A person standing between two poles, finds that the angle subtended at his eyes by the tops of poles is a right angle. If the height of the two poles are two times & four times the height of the person & the distance between the two poles is equal to the height of the higher pole. Find the ratio of the distances of the person from the smaller to bigger poles.

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