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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Miranda hiked to the top of a waterfall. She wanted to know the waterfall's height, but she was unable to measure it. Miranda created a proportion using the information from triangles PQS and TRS to calculate the height of the waterfall. How tall is the waterfall? (Round your answer to the nearest foot.)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

PQS is similar to TRS (A.A.A) For similar triangles, they have the same ratio of sides so, PQ/480 = (256+730)/730 PQ=648(corr. to the nearest integer)

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