Use similar triangles to solve. Aperson who is 6 feet tall is standing 182 feet from the base of a tree, and the tree casts a 195 foot shadow. The person's shadow is 13 feet in length. What is the height of the tree? 182 t
Use similar triangles to solve. Aperson who is 6 feet tall is standing 182 feet from the base of a tree, and the tree casts a 195 foot shadow. The person's shadow is 13 feet in length. What is the height of the tree? 182 t
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Use similar triangles to solve. Aperson who is 6 feet tall is standing 182 feet
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Use similar triangles to solve. Aperson who is 6 feet tall is standing 182 feet
from the base of a tree, and the tree casts a 195 foot shadow. The person's
shadow is 13 feet in length. What is the height of the tree?
182 t
136
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