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Can anyone help me on how to as we this

Can anyone help me on how to as we this-example-1

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I'm assuming the loading dock is the same height as the rightmost vertical support. In that case, we can use similar triangles.

Let x = the height of the rightmost vertical support.

Then the following proportion must be true:

(1.2)/3 = x/5

(It is 5 because that is the base of the larger right triangle).

Here you can use cross multiplaction to solve for x.

x = (1.2)*5*1/3 = 2

The height is 2 meters tall.






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