Pierre needs to remove a dead tree near his house. He wants to be sure that the tree will not hit the house if it falls in that direction. He measured the shadow of the tree to be 42 feet 3 inches at the same time his shadow was 7 feet 6 inches. He is 6 feet tall. How tall is the tree?

What will be an ideal response?


33.8 ft

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