zoe is 1.55 meters tall. at 2 pm she measure the lenght of a tree's shadow to be 17.35 meters . she stands 12.7 meters away from the tree so that the tip of her shadow meets the tip of tye tree's shadow.

Ironsand asked Sep 19, 2023

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Ironsand asked Sep 19, 2023

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the figure below to better undesrtand the problem

Applying proportion

h/17.35=1.55/(17.35-12.70)

solve for h

h=17.35*1.55/4.65

Marsibarsi answered Sep 25, 2023

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