HELP ASAP!!! A man is 6 feet 2 inches tall. To find the height of a tree, the shadow of the man and the shadow of the tree were measured. The length of the man's shadow was 2 feet 1 inch. The length of the tree's shadow was 3 feet 7 inches. What is the height of the tree?
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First, we need to find the ratio of the man's height to his shadow length. To do this, we need to convert the heights to the same unit. Let's use inches. The man is 6 feet 2 inches tall, which is equal to (6 * 12) + 2 = 74 inches. The man's shadow is 2 feet 1 Show more…
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