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A tower stands 15 m from a point where the angle of elevation of its top is 60 degrees. Its height uses:

ACotangent
BTangent
CCosine
DCosecant
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Tangent
1. The known side is adjacent and the unknown is opposite. 2. One ratio links opposite to adjacent. 3. That ratio is the tangent. _Source: syllabus Mathematics Class X, Chapter 9, Some Applications of Trigonometry._
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