A six-foot person walks from the base of a broadcasting tower directly toward the tip of the shadow cast by the tower. When the person is 124 feet from the tower and 3 feet from the tip of the shadow, the person's shadow starts to appear beyond the tower's shadow. (a) Draw a right triangle that gives a visual representation of the problem. Label the known quantities of the triangle and use a variable to represent the height of the tower.

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Hadassah Bradley

15 September, 18:21

A six-foot person walks from the base of a broadcasting tower directly toward the tip of the shadow cast by the tower. When the person is 124 feet from the tower and 3 feet from the tip of the shadow, the person's shadow starts to appear beyond the tower's shadow. (a) Draw a right triangle that gives a visual representation of the problem. Label the known quantities of the triangle and use a variable to represent the height of the tower.

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A six foot person walks from the base of a broadcasting tower directly toward

A six-foot person walks from the base of a broadcasting tower directly toward the tip of the shadow cast by the tower. When the person is 131 feet from the tower and 3 feet from the tip of the shadow, the person's shadow starts to appear beyond the tower's shadow.