SOLUTION: A line from the top of a cliff to the ground passes just over the top of a pole 9.0 feet high and meets the ground at a point 5.0 feet from the base of the pole. If the point is 84

Question 1049617: A line from the top of a cliff to the ground passes just over the top of a pole 9.0 feet high and meets the ground at a point 5.0 feet from the base of the pole. If the point is 84 feet from the base of the cliff, how high is the cliff?
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A line from the top of a cliff to the ground passes just over the top of a pole 9.0 feet high and meets the ground at a point 5.0 feet from the base of the pole. If the point is 84 feet from the base of the cliff, how high is the cliff?
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Sketch the picture.
You should see two congruent right triangles with
The smaller triangle has height = 9 ; base = 5
The larger triangle has height = h ; base = 84
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Use a proportion:
h/84 = 9/5
h = 84*9/5
h = 151.2 ft.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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