A tree broke at a point 1/4 the distance up the trunk, and when it fell the top of the tree was 60 feet from its base (so a triangle is formed - the upright 1/4 of a tree, the diagonal rest of the tree, and the ground). How tall was the tree?

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A tree broke at a point 1/4 the distance up the trunk, and when it fell the top of the tree was 60 feet from its base (so a triangle is formed - the upright 1/4 of a tree, the diagonal rest of the tree, and the ground). How tall was the tree?

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