SOLUTION: A 1 m high stake casts a shadow 6.5 m long. Find the height of a tree, in m, that casts a shadow 52 m long(at the same time and place)

Question 1188242: A 1 m high stake casts a shadow 6.5 m long. Find the height of a tree, in m, that casts a shadow 52 m long(at the same time and place)
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathLover1:
Answer by ikleyn(52778) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Use the proportion = . From the proportion, find x = = 8 meters. ANSWER

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Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let the height of a tree be
with horizontal surface, stake and tree with shades form two similar right triangles whose sides are proportional
so,

the height of a tree is
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