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Use similar triangles to solve. A person who is 5 feet tall is standing 169 feet from the base of a​ tree, and the tree casts a 182 foot shadow. The​ person's shadow is 13 feet in length. What is the height of the​ tree?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let H be the tree height. By similar triangles,
5/13 = H/182.
So H = 182*(5/13) = 14*5 = 70 feet.