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Malik, who is 5 feet tall, stands 15 feet from a mirror. In the mirror, he can see the reflection of the top of a tree, which he measures to be 92 feet away from the mirror. how tall is the tree

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

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ISBN:9780547587776

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Chapter6: Ratio, Proportion, And Probability

Section6.5: Similarity And Measurement

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