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Elijah is 5 feet tall. He casts a shadow that is 20 feet long, he is standing next to the oak tree that casts a shadow that is 76 feet 6 inches long. How tall is the palm tree to the nearest foot

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Answer: The tree is 34.5 feet tall because tangent ratio of 34.5/24 = 5.75/4

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