Question

Deandre wants to measure the height of a tree. He sights the top of the tree, using a mirror that is lying flat on the ground. The mirror Is 31 ft from the tree, and Deandre is standing 7.4 ft from the mirror, as shown in the figure. His eyes are 6 ft above the ground. How tall is the

tree? Round vour answer to the nearest foot

Answer 1

Answer: If Debra, the mirror, and the bottom of the tree are points on the ground all on one line, then the two right triangles are these: LEFT: y and 33 as the legs and unknown hypotenuse. RIGHT: 6 and 9.7 as legs and unknown hypotenuse. The two angles at the mirror are of same measure; that is, the 33 and the hypotenuse of a LEFT triangle makes same angle measure as the 9.7 and the hypotenuse of the RIGHT triangle.

Note, these are two SIMILAR triangles.

y/33 = 6/9.7

In addition, Y = 20.4

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