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fiasKO
13 days ago
14

A sailor judges the distance to a lighthouse by holding a ruler at arm's length and measuring the apparent height of the lightho

use. He knows that the lighthouse is actually 60 feet tall. If it appears to be 3 inches tall when the ruler is held 2 feet from his eye, how far away is it?

Mathematics
2 answers:
Svet_ta [4.3K]13 days ago
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<span>The proportion between the ruler's height and its distance from the eye, which corresponds to the tangent of the angle formed at the eye by that height, equals the ratio of the lighthouse's height to its distance, sharing the same tangent. Since 3 inches equal a quarter of a foot, the relationship is \(\frac{1}{4}/2 = \frac{60}{D}\). Solving for D, we find \(D = \frac{2 \times 60}{\frac{1}{4}} = 4 \times 120 = 480\) feet.</span>
babunello [3.6K]13 days ago
6 0

Solution:

The lighthouse's actual height is 60 feet.

From measurement checks:

The ruler measures 3 inches.

Distance from eye to ruler equals 2 feet.

Let the distance from the lighthouse to the ruler be x feet.

Since the two triangles are similar by Angle-Angle (AA), their corresponding sides maintain proportionality, thus:

\frac{60}{3}=\frac{x}{2}\\\\ 20=\frac{x}{2}\\\\ x=40 feet.

Therefore, the lighthouse is 40 feet away from the ruler.

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