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A boy was watching the show standing on the ground. A jet fighter when 1000m high passes vertically above an other jet fighter at an instant, when the angle of elevation of the two jets from the boy are 60 degrees and 45 degree respectively. At what distance (vertical) the pilots were flying the jets at that instant

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Answer:

The pilot above at 1000m above ground and pilot below 742.23 metres above ground

Explanation:

Imagine everything as triangles. Mark where the boy stands and the 2 jets are in the air

A boy was watching the show standing on the ground. A jet fighter when 1000m high-example-1
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