Question

You can use similar triangles to find the height of a tree. Triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEC. what is the height of the tree?
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Answer 1

So if triangle ABC is similiar to triangle DEC then we know that when two figures are similar, the ratios of the lengths of their corresponding sides are equal.So we can write:

AC/DC = BC/EC =AB/DE = k

BC= 9ft + 6ft = 15

BC/EC= k
15/6=k

Now that we know the k we can find the height of the tree that's equal to AB:

AB/DE= k
AB/4=15/6
6AB= 15 x 4
AB= 60/6 = 10

The height of the tree is 10ft