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A man standing on a level plain observes the elevation of the top of a pole of height h to be π/12. He then walks a distance x m towards the pole and finds that the elevation is now π/6. If h=33 m then x2 is equal to

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Clearly PAQ=APQ
AQ=x (sides opposite to equal angles are equal)
Now in ABQ
sin300=hAQ
x=66 m
So, x2=4356 m2
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