SOLUTION: Find the missing height: To find the height of the tree, juan marked the tree at eye level, 5.5ft above the ground. He measured 25ft from the base of the tree and then held a 6in r

Question 779269: Find the missing height: To find the height of the tree, juan marked the tree at eye level, 5.5ft above the ground. He measured 25ft from the base of the tree and then held a 6in ruler vertically in front of his eye until the ruler just obscured the tree above the mark. Using a string tied through a hole in one end of the ruler, juan found that the distance from his eye to the ruler was 4.5 in. what is the exact height of the tree?
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To find the height of the tree, juan marked the tree at eye level, 5.5ft above the ground.
He measured 25ft from the base of the tree and then held a 6in ruler vertically in front of his eye until the ruler just obscured the tree above the mark.
Using a string tied through a hole in one end of the ruler, juan found that the distance from his eye to the ruler was 4.5 in. what is the exact height of the tree?
:
let h = height of the tree above his eye level which is 5.5 ft above the ground
Use the side proportion relationships of similar triangle
=
cross multiply
4.5h = 25 * 6
h =
h = 33.333 ft or 33 ft 4 in
Tree height: 33 ft 4 in + 5 ft 6 in = 38 ft 10 in
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