Twenty minutes after being launched, a hot air balloon has risen to an altitude of 300 m. The pilot can still see the starting point at a diagonal to the ground at a 25 degree angle of depression. How many meters is the balloon from the starting point?

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Twenty minutes after being launched, a hot air balloon has risen to an altitude of 300 m. The pilot can still see the starting point at a diagonal to the ground at a 25 degree angle of depression. How many meters is the balloon from the starting point?

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