Reflector
The circular reflector throws a light cone with a vertex angle 56° and is on 24 m height tower. The axis of the light beam has the axis of the tower angle 11°.
What is the maximum length of the illuminated horizontal plane?
What is the maximum length of the illuminated horizontal plane?
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