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Stan wants to determine the height of the oak tree. He places a mirror 10 feet from himself and 24 feet from the tree as shown in the diagram below. If Stan is 5 feet tall, approximately how tall is the
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Stan wants to determine the height of the oak tree. He places a mirror 10 feet from himself and 24 feet from the tree as shown in the diagram below. If Stan is 5 feet tall, approximately how tall is the tree?

Stan wants to determine the height of the oak tree. He places a mirror 10 feet from-example-1
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Hi,
All you have to do is to use Thales 's theorem.
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Stan wants to determine the height of the oak tree. He places a mirror 10 feet from-example-1
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