document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=358026>Question 358026</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To find the height of a tree, a group of Girl Scouts devised<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the following method. A girl walks toward the tree along<BR>\n" );
document.write( "its shadow until the shadow of the top of her head coincides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "with the shadow of the top of the tree. If the girl is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150 cm tall, her distance to the foot of the tree is 15 m, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the length of her shadow is 3 m, how tall is the tree? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the girl is 15 meters from the tree and the girl's shadow is 3 meters, then the total length of the tree's shadow must be 18 meters.  The tree's shadow is 6 times longer than the girl's shadow so by similar triangles, the tree must be 6 times taller than the girl.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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