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If a man who is 135 cm tall casts a shadow that is 45 cm long how tall is a tree that casts a shadow that is 8 m long?
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Let the height of the tree be x and use trigonometry and the tangent ratio:
x/800 = 135/45
x = 2400 cm = 24 m
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