Question

Sarah walks 20 feet away from her house and places a mirror on the ground. She backs 5 feet away from the mirror so that she can see the tip of the roof. Sarah's eyes are 4 feet above the ground. Sarah and the house are both perpendicular to the ground. The angles between the top of the house, the mirror, and the ground and between Sarah's eyes, the mirror, and the ground are congruent as shown in the image below: What is the height of the house? Show your work and explain your reasoning in complete sentences.

Answer 1

\(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\Huge{\color{red}{\heartsuit}\color{orange}{\bigstar}\color{yellow}{\heartsuit}\color{green}{\bigstar}\color{blue}{\heartsuit}\color{purple}{\bigstar}\color{hotpink}{\heartsuit}}\)\(\Huge\bf\color{#FF0000}W\color{#FF4900}e\color{#FF9200}l\color{#FFDB00}c\color{#FFff00}o\color{#B6ff00}m\color{#6Dff00}e\color{#24ff00}~\color{#00ff00}t\color{#00ff49}o\color{#00ff92}~\color{#00ffDB}O\color{#00ffff}p\color{#00DBff}e\color{#0092ff}n\color{#0049ff}S\color{#0000ff}t\color{#2400ff}u\color{#6D00ff}d\color{#B600ff}y\color{#FF00ff}!\)\(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\Huge{\color{red}{\heartsuit}\color{orange}{\bigstar}\color{yellow}{\heartsuit}\color{green}{\bigstar}\color{blue}{\heartsuit}\color{purple}{\bigstar}\color{hotpink}{\heartsuit}}\)\(\Large\bf\color{Lime}{Please,\ don't\ hesitate\ to\ ask\ questions!}\)\(\Large\bf\color{magenta}{We're\ here\ to\ help!}\Large\color{magenta}{\ddot\smile}\)

Answer 2

Hello @plzzzzhelpme
:)
you are currently in the Opentudy Feedback section
I believe you would receive a better and faster answer if you asked this in the Math section
click the "Find More Subjects" above to go to the proper section :)
or click here -> http://openstudy.com/study#/groups/Mathematics