At a point on the ground,the angle of elevation of a tower is such that its cotangent is $3/5$. On walking $32 \, m$ towards the tower,the cotangent of the angle of elevation becomes $2/5$. The height of the tower is .... $m$
- A$160$
- B$120$
- C$64$
- DNone of these
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