An aeroplane when flying at a height of 5,000 m from the ground passes vertically above another aeroplane at an instant, when the angles of elevation of the two aeroplanes from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45° respectively. The vertical distance between the aero planes at that instant is:

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An aeroplane when flying at a height of 5,000 m from the ground passes vertically above another aeroplane at an instant, when the angles of elevation of the two aeroplanes from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45° respectively. The vertical distance  between the aero planes at that instant is:

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Correct Answer is :   5000(1−1√3)m

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