Question

Tanya wants to find the height of the tree. She walks away from the base of the tree so the tip of her shadow coincides with the tip of the tree's shadow at point C. BE is two and a half times EC. Tanya is 5 feet, 3 inches tall. How tall is the tree in feet?

Answer 1

Answer
18 feet and 4.5 inches

Explanation
You are going to use the concept of similar triangle.
∆CED≡∆CBA
This is because they share the angle at C and also they both have an angle of 90o.
Let EC = X, then BE = 2.5X. So, BE = (X + 2.5X) = 3.5X
The scale factor EC/BC=x/3.5x=2/7
EC/BC=ED/BA=2/7
BA=7/2×63 in
The height of the tree = 220.5 inches. This is equal 18 feet and 4.5 inches.