document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=302186>Question 302186</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Julia, who is 1.51 m tall, wishes to find the height of a tree with a shadow 31.05 m long. She walks 20.70 m from the base of the tree along the shadow of the tree until her head is in a position where the tip of her shadow exactly overlaps the end of the tree top's shadow. How tall is the tree? Round to the nearest hundredth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ht of tree/length of shadow = height of Julia/shadow of Julia<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "T/31.05 = 1.51/(31.05-20.7)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "T/31.05 = 1.51/10.35<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "T = 4.53 m<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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