Three surveyors
Three surveyors are tasked with measuring the height of a mast standing on a flat plain. The first surveyor, standing 100 m from the mast, measured the elevation angle (a), the second, 200 m from the mast, measured the elevation angle (b), and the third, from a distance of 300 m from the mast, measured the elevation angle (c). How tall is the mast if the sum of the elevation angles is 90 degrees?
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