Charlene made the sketch below in order to find the height x of a pole. She positioned a mirror on the ground so that she could see the reflection of the top of the pole. Her height, her distance from the mirror, and her line of sight to th The pole’s height, its distance from the mirror, and the distance from the top of the pole to the mirror form a larger similar triangle. Find the height of the pole to the nearest tenth.

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anonymous · Answer

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

The two triangles are similar by the AA property of similarity

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

So what you can say is this

3/12 = 5.5/x

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

solve for x and tell me what you get

anonymous · Answer

I got 22 for the answer

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

me too