SOLUTION: A tree is broken off at a height of 5 m from the ground and its top touches the ground at 12 m from the base of the tree. Find the original height of the tree.

SOLUTION: A tree is broken off at a height of 5 m from the ground and its top touches the ground at 12 m from the base of the tree. Find the original height of the tree.

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Question 1041735: A tree is broken off at a height of 5 m from the ground and its top touches the ground at 12 m from the base of the tree. Find the original height of the tree.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Right Triangle (and use of Pythagorean Theorem formula). Legs are 5 and 12. Original tree height, IF h is for "hypotenuse", will be h+5.
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