They call it Height and Distance problem?

Geometry Level 3

P P is top and Q Q is the foot of a tower standing on a horizontal plane. A A is the foot a building standing beside the tower on the same horizontal plane, B B is another point on the building such that A B AB is 32 m 32 \text{ m} . It is found that,

{ cot ( P A Q ) = 2 5 cot ( P B Q ) = 3 5 \begin{cases} \cot(\angle PAQ)=\dfrac{2}{5} \\ \cot(\angle PBQ)=\dfrac{3}{5}\end{cases}

If the height of tower (in meters) is in the form a b c a\sqrt{b}-c where a , b , c N a,b,c \in \mathbb{N} and b b is square-free, then find a + b + c a+b+c .


The answer is 273.

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Ahmad Saad
Jul 13, 2016

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