Question

3. Aari and Cade created this diagram to show the lengths of the shadows of the tree and Cade The shadow of the tree is 36.2 feet long Cade is 6.2 feet tall Cade's shadow is 2.5 feet long Explain how to use this information to estimate the height of the tree. Include the height of the tree in your response. Round the height of the tree to the nearest whole number.​

Answer 1

Answer: 90ft

Explanation:

To solve, you have to use similar triangles. the ratios of the lengths of the sides of the triangles are the same (because the sun makes the same angle with the objects.

`(6.2ft)/(2.5ft)` =
`(height of tree)/(36.2ft)`

(2.48)(36.2ft) = 89.776ft

=90ft