Peter walks 30 feet away from his house and places a mirror on the ground. He backs 6 feet away from the mirror so that he can see the tip of the roof. Peter's eyes are 5 feet above the ground. The angles between the top of the house, the mirror, and the ground and between Peter's eyes, the mirror, and the ground are congruent as shown in the image:

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triciaal · Answer

what is the question? are you suppose to find the angle or the height of the house?
if so you can use ratios for similar triangles
tan theta = 5/6 = h/30 where h is the height of the house
h = 25 ft

anonymous · Answer

I'm supposed to prove the two triangles are similar. Sorry I left out that part

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