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The purpose of this project is to calculate the height of a tall building by using similar triangles. Choose a tall building, and measure the length of its shadow. Now have an assistant measure the length of your shadow. The top of the building, the base of the building, and the tip of the shadow of the building form a triangle, say,
Assuming that rays of sunlight are parallel, we conclude that
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