Problema Solution
Raul, who is 1.82 m tall, wishes to find the height of a tree. He walks 23.77 m from the base of the tree along the shadow of the tree until his head is in a position where the tip of his shadow exactly overlaps the end of the tree top's shadow. He is now 5.33 m from the end of the shadows. How tall is the tree? Round to the nearest hundredth.
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his total distance is 5.33+23.77=29m
shadow of tree 29m
shadow of man=5.33
now let height of tree is x
x/29=1.82/5.33
=> x=9.9m
height of tree=9.9m