a girl that is 5 ft tall casts a shadow 4 ft long. At the same time, a tree casts a shadow 24 ft long. How tall is the tree
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
This is Isosceles triangle (look at the picture).
We know:
All triangles have internal angles that add up to 180°
Therefore:
combine like terms:
(x - 2)° and 3y° are supplementary angle (Two Angles are Supplementary when they add up to 180°).
Therefore:
substitute x = 29 and solve for y:
