Ranjan goes to a countryside lake for a boat ride. Standing at the ferry counter, he looked at the opposite bank and observed a tall tower on a hill downstream, the angle of elevation being 45°. Ranjan comes to know from the bystanders that the tower is a historical ruin and decides to visit it. The boat takes him directly to the opposite bank, from where the angle of elevation to the top of the tower becomes 60°. While exploring the site, he comes to know that the combined height of the tower and the hill is 300 m. If the speed of the boat by which Ranjan travelled was 2 km/hr in still waters, find the distance between the bank of the river(nearest to tower) and the tower.a) 100 mb) 100√3 mc) 50√3 md) 50 me) 100/√3 mCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

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Ranjan goes to a countryside lake for a boat ride. Standing at the ferry counter, he looked at the opposite bank and observed a tall tower on a hill downstream, the angle of elevation being 45°. Ranjan comes to know from the bystanders that the tower is a historical ruin and decides to visit it. The boat takes him directly to the opposite bank, from where the angle of elevation to the top of the tower becomes 60°. While exploring the site, he comes to know that the combined height of the tower and the hill is 300 m. If the speed of the boat by which Ranjan travelled was 2 km/hr in still waters, find the distance between the bank of the river(nearest to tower) and the tower.

a)
100 m
b)
100√3 m
c)
50√3 m
d)
50 m
e)
100/√3 m

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