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From the top of a tower 60m high, two ships are seen in a direction due south. The angle of depression of the ships from the top of the tower are 45degre and 30degree. Find the distance between the ships

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Review your basic trig functions and you can easily see that the distance is

60cot30° - 60cot45°

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