A man standing on a horizontal plane, observes the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be α. After waking a distance equal to double the height of the tower, the angle of elevation becomes 2α then α is
A
π12
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B
π18
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C
π6
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D
π
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Solution
The correct option is Aπ12 tanα=h2h+x,tan2α=hx⇒x=htan2α