SOLUTION: You are lying 120 ft. from a tree that is 50 ft. tall.You look up at the top of the tree Approximately how far is head from the tree?

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Question 457444: You are lying 120 ft. from a tree that is 50 ft. tall.You look up at the top of the tree Approximately how far is head from the tree?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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I suspect that the problem is not as the teacher gave it.
As the question is written the answer is 120 ft. from the head to the tree.
But I suspect you really want to know how far the head is from the top of the tree.
In that case, you will have a multiple of the classic 5,12,13 right triangle.
In this case a 50, 120, 130 right triangle where 130 is the hypotenuse.
So the answer is 130 feet from the top of the tree to the head.