SOLUTION: On a sunny day a tree and it's shadow form the sides of a right triangle. If the hypotenuse is 35m long and the tree is 28m tall how long is the nearest shadow? 49m, 63m, 45m, or

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Question 307499: On a sunny day a tree and it's shadow form the sides of a right triangle. If the hypotenuse is 35m long and the tree is 28m tall how long is the nearest shadow?
49m, 63m, 45m, or 21m???
Answer by Alan3354(30993) About Me  (Show Source):
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21 meters.
It's the 3-4-5 triangle, multiplied by 7.