document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=98263>Question 98263</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A girl stands 400 ft. from a tree.  With her eye at ground level she sights along a yard stick and finds the top of the yard stick coincides with the top of the tree when the bottom of the yard stick is 4 feet from her eye.  Find the height of the tree. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #71437 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=71437\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3/4=x/400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=1200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1200/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=300 feet to the top of the tree.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "proof<BR>\n" );
document.write( "draw a triangle with the base=400, the distance from the eye to the bottom of the yard stick=4 feet & the height of the yard stick=3 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now you have a 3 by 4 right triangle and an x by 400 triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "these are similiar triangles whose sides are proportional:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3:4, 300:400<BR>\n" );
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