calculate the building's height, he places a mirror on the ground near the building and backs up 2.1 feet until he can see the top of the building in the mirror. Bill is 6'3" feet tall and estimates that his eyes are about 5'10" off the ground. If the mirror is 10 feet from the base of the building, how tall is the building?
calculate the building's height, he places a mirror on the ground near the building and backs up 2.1 feet until he can see the top of the building in the mirror. Bill is 6'3" feet tall and estimates that his eyes are about 5'10" off the ground. If the mirror is 10 feet from the base of the building, how tall is the building?
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Bill Nye, the Science Guy, wants to launch water balloons off a 2-story
building for an instructional video regarding mass and acceleration. To
calculate the building's height, he places a mirror on the ground near the
building and backs up 2.1 feet until he can see the top of the building in the
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mirror. Bill is 6'3" feet tall and estimates that his eyes are about 5'10" off the
ground. If the mirror is 10 feet from the base of the building, how tall is the
building?
***Round to the nearest foot!
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