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From the roof of a house, a boy can see an avocado tree which is 20m away from the house. He measures the angle of...

From the roof of a house, a boy can see an avocado tree which is 20m away from the house. He measures the angle of elevation of the top of the tree as 21⁰ and the angle of depression of the bottom of tree as 31⁰. Find the height of the avocado tree.

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