Mirror Estimate the height of the Eiffel tower to the nearest meter.

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Chapter11: Topics From Analytic Geometry
Section11.4: Plane Curves And Parametric Equations
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9:10 PM
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Anthony is an American foreign exchange student visiting Paris and wants to
know the height of the Eiffel Tower. It's cloudy so he can't use shadows :(.
But he remembers the Law of Reflection, which states "The angle at which
the light reflects off a mirror is the same as the angle at which it hits the
mirror." Luckily, he is carrying a small mirror and a meter stick! He decides
to indirectly measure the tower in three steps:
He measures out a point 500 meters from the base of the tower and
places the small mirror on the ground.
He stands behind the mirror in such a spot that standing upright he
sees the top of the tower reflected in the mirror.
2.
He measures both the distance from the spot where he stands to the
mirror (2.75 meters) and the height of his eyes from the ground (1.8
meters).
3.
Mirror
Estimate the height of the Eiffel tower to the nearest meter.
912
1.
Transcribed Image Text:ll T-Mobile Wi-Fi ? 9:10 PM 52% # 4 Anthony is an American foreign exchange student visiting Paris and wants to know the height of the Eiffel Tower. It's cloudy so he can't use shadows :(. But he remembers the Law of Reflection, which states "The angle at which the light reflects off a mirror is the same as the angle at which it hits the mirror." Luckily, he is carrying a small mirror and a meter stick! He decides to indirectly measure the tower in three steps: He measures out a point 500 meters from the base of the tower and places the small mirror on the ground. He stands behind the mirror in such a spot that standing upright he sees the top of the tower reflected in the mirror. 2. He measures both the distance from the spot where he stands to the mirror (2.75 meters) and the height of his eyes from the ground (1.8 meters). 3. Mirror Estimate the height of the Eiffel tower to the nearest meter. 912 1.
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