Answer:
height of the tree was 52.8 feet
Step-by-step explanation:
Height of the tree will be determined by adding broken part of the tree, lying on the ground (as the hypotenuse of the triangle) and the remaining part of the stem.
Now we apply Pythagoras theorem in the right angle triangle with the sides as 12 feet and 39 feet
⇒ Hypotenuse² = Base² + Height²
⇒ Hypotenuse² = 12² + 39²
⇒ Hypotenuse² = 144 + 1521 = 1665
⇒ Hypotenuse = √1665
= 40.80 feet
Now height of the tree = 12 + 40.8
= 52.8 feet
Therefore, height of the tree was 52.8 feet