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Given the diagram below, find the height of the shorter tree.

a. 13 m
b. 7 m
c. 16.2 m
d. 19.7 m

Given the diagram below, find the height of the shorter tree. a. 13 m b. 7 m c. 16.2 m-example-1
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Answer:

A

Explanation:

The 2 situations are similar, so the ratios of corresponding sides are equal, that is


(39)/(h) =
(48)/(16)= 3 ( multiply both sides by h )

39 = 3h ( divide both sides by 3 )

13 = h → A

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