Question

Your office window is a = 35 feet high. Looking out your window, you find that the top of a statue lines up exactly with the bottom of a building that is b = 650 horizontal feet from your office. You know the statue is c = 175 feet from the building. How tall is the statue?

Answer 1

If the statue's height is h, then using similar triangles (from the diagram you drew, right?):

h/c = a/b

Now just plug in your numbers and solve for h

Answer 2

9.42 feet

Answer 3

45