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Shots are fired simultaneously from the top and bottom of a vertical cliff with elevation α=30 and β=60 respectively and strikes the object simultaneously at the same point. If a=303m is the horizontal distance of the object from the cliff, then the height of the cliff is


A

30 m

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45 m

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C

60 m

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D

90 m

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Solution

The correct option is C

60 m


(v1 cos α)t=(v2 cos β)t=303 ....(1)

(v1 sin α)t12gt2+h=(v+2 sin β)t12gt2 ....(2)

From (1) and (2)h=60 m


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