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Use similar triangles to solve. a person who is 5 feet tall is standing 99 feet from the base of a...
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Use similar triangles to solve. a person who is 5 feet tall is standing 99 feet from the base of a tree, and the tree casts a 110 foot shadow. the person's shadow is 11 feet in length. what is the height of the tree?
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A:
This problem is about ratios.
[tex] \frac{height}{shadow} = \frac{5ft \:}{11ft} = \frac{x}{110} [/tex]
Solve for X
[tex]x = \frac{5 \times 110}{11} = 50ft [/tex]
The tree is 50ft tall.