Geometry, Student Edition
Geometry, Student Edition
1st Edition
ISBN: 9780078884849
Author: McGraw-Hill, McGraw Hill
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co
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Chapter 7, Problem 23SGR
To determine

To find: The height of the tree.

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Answer to Problem 23SGR

The height of the tree is x=34.2feet .

Explanation of Solution

Given information: The given information is:

Dave height is 6 feet 4 inches and his shadow is 15 feet when standing 66 feet away.

Calculation:

By drawing the figure:

  6 feet 4 inches=613ft

  Geometry, Student Edition, Chapter 7, Problem 23SGR

Assume that the angles formed by the sun's rays with any two objects are congruent and that the two objects form the sides of two right triangles.

If two angles of one triangle are congruent to two angles of another triangle, then the triangles are similar (AA Similarity Postulate).

Since two pair’s angles are congruent, AA Similarity Postulate shows that the right triangles are similar.

Let x be the height of the tower.

Use the corresponding side lengths to write a proportion.

  Tree's heightDave's height=Tree's shadow lengthDave's shadow lengthx613=66+151515x=193(81)

  15x=513x=34.2

Tree's height Tree's shadow length

Therefore, the height of the tree is x=34.2feet .

Chapter 7 Solutions

Geometry, Student Edition

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