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For a project in her Geometry class, Naomi uses a mirror on the ground to measure
the height of her school building. She walks a distance of 12.25 meters from the
school, then places a mirror on flat on the ground, marked with an X at the center.
She then steps 1.7 meters to the other side of the mirror, until she can see the top of
the school clearly marked in the X. Her partner measures the distance from her eyes
to the ground to be 1.15 meters. How tall is the school? Round your answer to the
nearest hundredth of a meter.

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Answer:

8.28

Step-by-step explanation:

we can express this question as

12.25/1.7=x/1.15

this can be simplified to

x=8.28

The height of Naomi's school building is 8.29 meters

Concept of similar triangles:

Two triangles are similar if their corresponding angles are equal and their corresponding sides are within the same ratio (or proportion). Similar triangles will have the same shape, but not necessarily the same size.

In the given question and attached figure we have,

  1. BC = 12.25 meters
  2. CD = 1.7 meters
  3. DE = 1.15 meters

Now we have to find the height(AB) of the building,

By the properties of similar triangles, we can write,

AB / BC = DE / CD

Putting all the values we get,

AB / 12.25 = 1.15 / 1.7

Simplifying we get,

AB = (1.15 / 1.7) × 12.25

By further simplifying,

AB = 8.29 meters

Therefore, the height of Naomi's school building is 8.29 meters.

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