To find: The distance between Liliana’s thumb and clock.
Answer to Problem 2CYP
900 cm
Explanation of Solution
Given:Clock is 30 cm wide.
Clock appears to move 3 clock widths when eyes are switched.
Arm is about 10 times longer than the distance between eyes.
Kindly refer to the diagram below.
Let the wall be towards
Ratio between altitude
Let
Let the altitude
Altitudes of two similar triangles are proportional to corresponding sides of the similar triangles.
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