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A 24-foot-tall tree casts a shadow that is 10 feet long. What is the distance from the top of the
tree to the top of its shadow? Apply a Pythagorean triple to solve this problem.
14 ft
14 ft

34 ft
34 ft

26 ft
26 ft

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the Pythagorean theorem. With vertical leg 24 and horizontal leg 10,

distance = sqrt(24^2 + 10^2) = sqrt(576 + 100) = sqrt(676) = 26 ft.

(That's the 5-12-13 triple scaled by 2: 10-24-26.)