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#### Question

If the angle of elevation of a cloud from a point h metres above a lake is α and the angle of depression of its reflection in the lake is β, prove that the height of the cloud is

\frac{h(\tan\alpha +\tan \beta )}{\tan \beta -\tan \alpha }

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