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Each side of an equilateral triangle subtends an angle of 60º at the top of a tower h meters high located at the centroid of the triangle. If the length of each side of the triangle is 1 unit , then  the value of 3h2=

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answer is 2.

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Let O be the center of an equilateral triangle ABC and OP be the tower of height h. Then each of the triangle’s PAB, PBC and PCA equilateral. Thus, PA = PB = PC = 1. Therefore, from right-angle triangle POA, we havePA2=PO2+OA21=h2+12sec3023h2=2

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