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Two shots are fired simultaneously from the bottom and top of a vertical tower AB at angles γ and β with horizontal respectively. Both strike the same point C on the ground at a distance S from the bottom of the tower. What is the height of the tower?

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S(tanβtanγ)
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S(tanγtanβ)
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Stanγ
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Stanβ
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Solution

The correct option is B S(tanγtanβ)

(Srel)x=0
S=(u1cosβ)t=(u2cosγ)t
t=Su1cosβ=Su2cosγ(1)
Using 2nd equation of motion for vertical displacement of both the shots,
h=u1tsinβ+12gt2(2)
0=u2tsinγ+12gt2(3)
Comparing equaion (2) and (3), we get
u1tsinβ+h=u2tsinγ
Substituting t from equation (1),
u1(Su1cosβ)sinβ+h=u2(Su2cosγ)sinγ
h=S(tanγtanβ)

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