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Person is 1.3 meters tall and stands 7 meters in front of a tree and casts a shadow 1.8 meters long. how tall is the tree
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Person is 1.3 meters tall and stands 7 meters in front of a tree and casts a shadow 1.8 meters long. how tall is the tree
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Answer:
6.36m.
Step-by-step explanation:
the height of the tree.
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One of the best approaches to address similar triangle problems is to illustrate the problem. Below is an image of how a person is standing from the tree with ΔABC ~ ΔDEC, CE ~ BC, and DE
~ AB.
Mathematically, we have
and working on the equation,
Thus, the height of the tree is 6.36m.
Answer: 6.36 m
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