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Rose is building a wheelchair

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Remember that

If two triangles are similar, then the ratio of its corresponding sides is proportional

In this problem

large triangle adn the smaller triangle are similar by AAA Similarity theorem

so

That means

h/2=8/32

solve for h

h=2*8/32

h=0.5 ft

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