document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=266213>Question 266213</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are hiking along the California coast and wonder about the height of a particular Giant Redwood tree. You are 5 feet and nine inches tall and your shadow is 5 feet long. The shadow of the tree is 165 feet long. How tall is the tree? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You are 5 feet and nine inches tall and your shadow is 5 feet long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The shadow of the tree is 165 feet long. How tall is the tree?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Change 5'9\" to 5.75 ft; let t = height of the tree<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can use ratio here (corresponding sides of similar triangles):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5.75%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5.75%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2F165 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2F165\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "cross multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5t = 5.75*165<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5t = 948.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=948.75%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"948.75%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 189.75 ft or 189 ft 9 inches </SPAN>\n" );
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