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To calculate: The height of the tree house.
Answer to Problem 14PPS
The height of the tree house is 10 ft.
Explanation of Solution
Given information: Height of the shadow of tree house is 18ft. The height of Jenet is 5ft. It cast a shadow of 9ft.
Calculation:
Let the height of the tree house be x ft.
It casts a shadow of 18 ft.
Height of Jenet is 5 ft.
It casts a shadow of 9 ft.
By using the proportionality theorem, we can write,
So, the height of the tree house is 10 ft.
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