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document.write( "First we find x, the distance from the top of the tree to the ground:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using the smaller right triangle on the left:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cross-multiply\r\n" );
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document.write( "Rounding to the nearest degree, about 34^o\r\n" );
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