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9 August, 06:55

Sid wants to find the height of a tree without having to climb it, but it is a cloudy day so he cannot use the shadows. he takes a mirror from his pocket and places it on thr ground 7.2m from the base of a tree. He backs up until he can see the top of the tree in the mirror, a distance of 1.2m from the mirror. If sids eyes are 1.5m above the ground what is the height of the tree?

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  1. 9 August, 07:17
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    The height of the tree would be

    1.5/1.2=x/7.2

    x=9
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