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The angle of elevation of the top of a hill from a point on the horizontal plane passing through the foot of the hill is found to be 
. After walking a distance of 80 meters towards the top, up a slope inclined at an angle of 
to the horizontal plane, the angle of elevation of the top of the hill becomes 
. Then the height of the hill (in meters) is
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80
(80)
In 
Put the value of 
from (i)
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