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A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches the ground making an angle 30with it. The distance between the foot of the tree to the point where the top touches the ground is 8 m. Find the height of the tree.

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Let the tree be AC and and is broken at B. The broken part touches at the point D on the ground. In right ΔBCD

Hence the height of the tree = 8√3 m

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