Javier (who is exactly 5 feet tall) notices that his shadow is 4 feet long and that the shadow of a nearby tree is 10 feet long. How tall is the tree?
1 Answer
Mar 4, 2017
Explanation:
Since Javier and the tree are geographical close,
the angle that the sun hits the earth forming their shadows will be (close to) equal.
Therefore we will have similar triangles with
