1. A 5.5 ft tall man casts a 2 ft shadow. If the tree he is standing next to casts à 45 ft shadow, how tall is the tree?

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1. A5.5 ft tall man casts a 2 ft shadow. It the tree he is standing next to casts a 45 ft shadow, how tall is
the tree?
2. A 35-meter flagpole casts a 60-meter shadow. The office building next to the flagpole casts a 170-meter
shadow. How tall is the building?
Mirrors (Espejos)
Find the missing side (x) using similarity. You can record your answers on this sheet, but do the actual
work, including sketching, on a piece of paper. Then take a picture of the paper, and either email it to me at
gallem@aspirapa.org or paste it into the assignment.
Use the following diagram for both questions.
1. A hiker, whose eye level is 6 ft above the ground, wants to find the height ofa tree. He places a mirror
horizontally on the ground 20 ft from the base of the tree, and finds that if he stands 1 ft from the mirror,
he can see the reflection of the top of the tree. How tall is the tree?
2. Maria places a big mirror 59 feet from the base of the Washington Monument and walks backwards 0.5
feet when she sees the top of the monument in the mirror. When she calculates the height of the
Washington Monument, what does she get if her eye level is 4.75 ft from the ground?
Transcribed Image Text:Edit View Insert Format Tools Add-ons Help Last edit was 11 minutes ago TURN 100% Normal text Arial 11 BIUA !! 1. 15 1. A5.5 ft tall man casts a 2 ft shadow. It the tree he is standing next to casts a 45 ft shadow, how tall is the tree? 2. A 35-meter flagpole casts a 60-meter shadow. The office building next to the flagpole casts a 170-meter shadow. How tall is the building? Mirrors (Espejos) Find the missing side (x) using similarity. You can record your answers on this sheet, but do the actual work, including sketching, on a piece of paper. Then take a picture of the paper, and either email it to me at gallem@aspirapa.org or paste it into the assignment. Use the following diagram for both questions. 1. A hiker, whose eye level is 6 ft above the ground, wants to find the height ofa tree. He places a mirror horizontally on the ground 20 ft from the base of the tree, and finds that if he stands 1 ft from the mirror, he can see the reflection of the top of the tree. How tall is the tree? 2. Maria places a big mirror 59 feet from the base of the Washington Monument and walks backwards 0.5 feet when she sees the top of the monument in the mirror. When she calculates the height of the Washington Monument, what does she get if her eye level is 4.75 ft from the ground?
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