A man standing due south of a tower on a horizontal plane through its foot finds the…

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Problem

A man standing due south of a tower on a horizontal plane through its foot finds the elevation of the top of the tower to be

54^\circ 16'

; he goes east 100 yards and finds the elevation to be then

50^\circ 8'

. Find the height of the tower.