SOLUTION: Annie wanted to determine the height of a tree in the corner of her yard. she knew that a certain fence by the tree was 4 feet tall at 3P.M , she measured the shadow of the fence t

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Question 48584: Annie wanted to determine the height of a tree in the corner of her yard. she knew that a certain fence by the tree was 4 feet tall at 3P.M , she measured the shadow of the fence to be 2.5 feet tall. The she measured the tree's shadow to be 11.3 feet. what is the height of the tree?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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tree height/ tree shadow = fence height/fenceshadow
t/11.3 = 4/2.5
tree height = 18.08 ft
Cheers,
Stan H.