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What is the distance of this figure, I have the answer it’s 140 ft I just need to show the work

What is the distance of this figure, I have the answer it’s 140 ft I just need to-example-1

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Separating the triangles in 2, you get 2 similar triangles.
The bigger triangle has lengths twice the size of the small triangle.
So the length 280 is twice the size as the length across sinkhole.
This means that the length of the sinkhole is 280/2 or 140
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