A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle subtended by a tree on the opposite bank is 60°, when he retires 40 meters from the bank then he find the angle to be 30°. Then the breadth of the river is?

Let us draw a figure below as per given question.
Let A be the position of a person on the bank of a river and OP the tree on the opposite bank and ?OAP = 60°. When the person retires to the position B, then AB = 40 meter and ?OBP = 30°
Let us assume OA(Breadth of the river) = x meter and height of tree OP = h meter
In ?OAP, Use the trigonometry formula
Tan60° = P/B = Perpendicular distance / Base distance
? Tan60° = OP / OA
? OP = OA Tan60°
Put the value of OP and OA, We will get
? h = x?3 ..............(1)
Now in the triangle ?OBP
Tan30° = OP / OB
? OP = OB Tan30°
? OP = (x + 40)/?3
? h = (x + 40)/?3 ...................(2)
From Equation (1) and (2), We will get
? (x + 40)/?3 = x?3
? (x + 40) = x?3 X ?3
? (x + 40) = 3x
? 3x - x = 40
? x = 20 m