Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305652224
Author: Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter A.2, Problem 50PS
Height of a Kite Valerie is standing directly below a kite. She observes that her own shadow is 4 feet long and the shadow of the kite lies 100 feet in front of her (see Figure 25). If Valerie is 6 feet tall, how high is the kite?
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