John is standing in his backyard and he decides to estimate the height of a tree. He stands so that the tip of his shadow coincides with the tip of the tree's shadow, as shown in the given diagram. John is 5.8 feet tall. The distance from the tree to John is 75 feet and the distance between the tip of the shadows and John is 7 feet.

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John is standing in his backyard and he decides to estimate the height of a tree. He
stands so that the tip of his shadow coincides with the tip of the tree's shadow, as
shown in the given diagram. John is 5.8 feet tall. The distance from the tree to John
is 75 feet and the distance between the tip of the shadows and John is 7 feet.
About how tall is the tree, to the nearest foot?
A 5.8 ft
E7 ft 75 ft
Not drawn to scale
height =
ft
II
Transcribed Image Text:1:23 1 LTE AA A oncourseconnect.com 13 of 15 00:40 / 01:00:00 John is standing in his backyard and he decides to estimate the height of a tree. He stands so that the tip of his shadow coincides with the tip of the tree's shadow, as shown in the given diagram. John is 5.8 feet tall. The distance from the tree to John is 75 feet and the distance between the tip of the shadows and John is 7 feet. About how tall is the tree, to the nearest foot? A 5.8 ft E7 ft 75 ft Not drawn to scale height = ft II
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